Vincent Kompany insists Pep Guardiola needs to “stop saying” the Belgian will one day be Manchester City manager, claiming it is unrealistic given that he is working in the Championship with Burnley.
Kompany, who captained City under Guardiola for three years, takes Burnley to the Etihad Stadium for Saturday’s FA Cup sixth-round tie.
It is the former defender’s first competitive return since ending a supremely successful 11-year stay there in 2019, his status at the club underlined by his statue at the stadium.
On Friday Guardiola repeated his view that Kompany is a future City manager. When informed of this Kompany, whose team lead the Championship by 13 points, dismissed it. “He has got to stop saying it.,” Kompany said. “I’m a Championship manager, I don’t know what you want from me. “I think he should stay for another 10 years at Manchester City first and foremost.