Vincent Kompany has agreed to quit Anderlecht and return to the North West as Burnley ’s new manager.
Kompany was identified by chairman Alan Pace when he drew up a hitlist of candidates to succeed Sean Dyche, who was sacked at Easter. The former Manchester City skipper, who has been in charge of Anderlecht in his native Belgium since 2019, is the sort of big-name appointment Pace wants to raise the club’s profile.
Kompany, 36, has not been put off by Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League and has already identified potential new signings for the Clarets. Kompany and his family will settle straight back into life in the North West and his wife, Carla, and their three children are from Manchester.
