Vincent Kompany will be on cloud nine if these things happen at Burnley as they began Managerial Hunt
FLW look at some of the key things Burnley should be looking to do to get their summer off to the perfect start for Vincent Kompany.
Burnley will be a Championship club once again next season after the Clarets’ relegation from the Premier League was confirmed following a 2-1 defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur.
There was hope, and indeed expectation from many, that the Turf Moor outfit would be able to consolidate in the top flight given the impressive nature that they won promotion as champions of the second tier last term. Vincent Kompany’s side struggled to adapt to the rigours of Premier League football and will be looking to bounce back once again at the first time of asking.
The Clarets achieved promotion from the Championship at a canter, after finishing as top on 101 points, where Kompany’s team were by far the dominant side in the division, and looked the likeliest of the promoted sides to maintain their status at English football’s top table for many.
They will have to do it all again as they look to achieve promotion at the first time of asking once more and the second tier may not be as easy as last time, when they had the title in the Championship wrapped up for some time.
Burnley have a busy transfer window ahead this summer, with plenty of comings and goings to be expected at Turf Moor. Some of their players will have aspirations of remaining at the highest level, while others will see their contracts coming to an end with the Lancashire side.
Kompany will have a strategy for how he hopes the summer will pan out and will be on cloud nine if these things happen…
Josh Brownhill’s future at Burnley has been in the balance for much of the last year, with the 28-year-old holding off signing a new deal with the club to extend his four-year stay at Turf Moor. He has previously proven himself to be a quality operator in the division, even before his time with Burnley, as his career progressed with Bristol City, too.
Having claimed seven goals and eight assists in the side’s promotion campaign, Brownhill has found regular game time to be more elusive since the move into the top flight, with fewer than 25 starts over the course of the campaign, but a drop back down to the Championship could see him thrive once more.
He was outstanding on his return to the second tier last time out, with a series of impressive performances as Burnley topped the 100-point mark for the season, with his eye for a pass and tempo in build up crucial, as well as his box-crashing ability in the final third.
