Vincent Kompany unfazed by squad rebuilding job at Burnley

Vincent Kompany accepts he faces a squad rebuilding job at Burnley but is not fazed by the task ahead of him.

The financially-troubled Clarets, who confirmed Kompany as their new manager last week, have lost a raft players since their relegation from the Premier League at the end of last season.

Ben Mee, James Tarkowski and Nick Pope are among those to have left while there is also uncertainty over others including Nathan Collins, Maxwel Cornet and Wout Weghorst.

“It goes with the potential drop in revenues when you fall out of the Premier League,” said former Manchester City defender Kompany at a press conference.

“You always have to expect some of your valuable players to move on but it is (still) a team with some experienced players and a depth of quality, certainly for the Championship.

“It’s also a few players that earned the right to move on and we wish them well.

We are looking forward to bringing in some exciting players- Vincent Kompany

“We are looking forward to bringing in some exciting players and hopefully in the next 24-48 hours we can start making the first announcements.”

There is further uncertainty at Burnley as a significant portion of a £65million loan taken out by owners ALK Capital when they bought the club is due to be repaid.

That situation has also not deterred 36-year-old Kompany, who left his job at Anderlecht to succeed Sean Dyche at Turf Moor.

He said: “It is just how open the chairman, ownership and other people were that convinced me to come to the club.

“The ambition is always, as you come down, to go back up but the reality is if it doesn’t happen we are in a very calm position because we know what to do with the debt. We know how to create value, how to grow the club.

“If we are to turn