NFL icon JJ Watt has already taken a hands-on role less than a fortnight after he and his wife Kealia were unveiled as investors in newly-promoted Premier League club Burnley, forming a burgeoning bond with manager Vincent Kompany.
The Watts have acquired a minority stake in the Clarets, who are owned by Alan Pace's ALK Capital, and were on hand to see their new team lift the Championship trophy at Turf Moor on Saturday after Kompany's squad romped to promotion with 101 points.
Both Watt and Kompany were elite defenders in their respective sports, with the former Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals star winning three Defensive Player of the Year awards across an 11-year career. Kompany, meanwhile, was the anchor of Manchester City's back four and the Belgian lifted four Premier League titles.
