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Vincent Kompany is so focused on the future that he hasn’t even been to visit the statue commissioned to honour him as a Manchester City legend.

“I'm not nostalgic at all,” said the former man who lifted the Premier League trophy four times for City during a glittering playing career but has now been tasked with taking Burnley back to the top-flight.

Kompany is on a mission to reinvent himself. It will be a tough task for the man who is so synonymous with the Blues that he has been cast in 1,700 kilograms of galvanised steel to stand 10ft tall outside the Etihad in perpetuity. He won the title under Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini and twice with Pep Guardiola - but it’s clear he wants to be his own man after leaving Anderlecht to help the Clarets recover and rebuild after the trauma of relegation.

“I could sit here all day telling you what I picked up from my managers but at the end of the day I’m going to be my own man,” said the Belgian, who appears to have maintained the physique that made him one of the Premier League’s most imposing defenders.

“That’s why I am going to do everything I can to draw the emphasis away from Pep. He’s such a fantastic coach - but I am still only 36 and I’ve already got three years of valuable experience as a manager. That is why I am coming into this