Man Utd vs Burnley tips and predictions: Back Clarets to boost survival hopes with surprise win
Manchester United play host to Vincent Kompany’s Burnley at Old Trafford on Saturday (1500 BST) and we expect the visitors to cause problems.
Vincent Kompany is a former professional football player now turned manager.
During his playing career he won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups and four League Cups with Manchester City and played a key role in the club's success over the 2010s. He has a statue outside the Etihad Stadium to mark his legendary status there.
In June 2006, Kompany joined Hamburg from Anderlecht for a fee of around £10million. He only managed 13 appearances for the German outfit before he injured his Achilles which ruled him out for the remainder of the 2006/07 campaign.
He would go on to only make a total of 51 appearances or Hamburg before joining Manchester City at the start of the 2008/09 season for a fee of around £6million.
He was also a regular in the Belgium national side throughout his career, making 89 appearances and scoring four goals. He also played in the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, where Belgium finished third.
Kompany was named Anderlecht manager on a full-time basis in August 2020 and improved the club's league position, finishing fourth in the table and qualifying for the Europa Conference.
The success was swift, with Burnley taking top spot in the Championship in October and never letting it go.
Kompany returned Burnley to the Championship with seven games to spare and also took the club to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they lost 6-0 to his old club Manchester City
Kompany is married to Manchester City fan Carla Higgs, who he began dating while he played for Hamburg. The couple have two children Sienna and Kai.
Kompany's net worth is reported to be around £35million, and his salary at Burnley is around £2.7m a year.
Manchester United play host to Vincent Kompany’s Burnley at Old Trafford on Saturday (1500 BST) and we expect the visitors to cause problems.
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