The Big Interview: Burnley Manager Vincent Kompany

By Chris Dunlavy

For a man who possessed talent by the bucketload, Vincent Kompany has little time for talk of natural ability.
“Talent? It’s massively overrated,” says the 36-year-old Burnley manager, who won four Premier League titles as the captain of Manchester City and skippered the Belgium squad that finished third at the 2018 World Cup.
“You walk around Burnley, you’ll find some kid in Tesco who can play football. Do that in a big city, in South Africa or Colombia, just imagine how many you’ll find there. There’s no shortage of kids with talent. But pairing that talent with the ...

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