Man City could get glimpse of possible future at Vincent Kompany reunion

It was always going to happen sooner or later and it turns out it's happening sooner rather than later.

Manchester City have drawn Burnley in the FA Cup. But it's a very different Burnley to the one we've come to know and probably not love in recent years. It won't be the 'trip to the dentist' Pep Guardiola used to dread but a completely different challenge with a familiar face in the hot seat.

City icon Vincent Kompany is the man in charge at Turf Moor and he has been leading a claret revolution since taking over the reins from Sean Dyche after Burnley's seemingly invincible grip on the Premier League was finally broken. The team many labelled as a cockroach that survived everything thrown at it finally succumbed.

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But from a roach to a phoenix, Burnley are rising from the ashes in spectacular fashion. Of the team that was relegated last season, only eight remain, including the old warhorses Ashley Barnes, Jay Rodriguez and Jack Cork. Otherwise, Kompany has transformed the complexion of the squad. Smart recruitment of talented but largely unknown players has seen the squad get younger, faster and a whole lot more technically proficient.

With a penchant for thrilling, goal scoring-wingers like Nathan Tella, Manuel Benson and Anass Zaroury and lightning-quick football, Burnley have bagged at least 12 more goals than anyone else in the Championship and are 12 points ahead at the top of the table. Not many predicted the instant return to the top flight they will surely now achieve.

Kompany has made sweeping changes on and off the pitch, as season ticket holder Kieran Dalimore explains: "Off the pitch, he’s brought positivity back to the