Vincent Kompany remembers arriving at Manchester City just a few days before the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008 and finding a training ground that didn’t have a coffee machine or a toilet door.
As he got his feet under the table as Burnley manager on Friday, the decorated former City skipper was asked if there were comparisons between the club he joined in 2008 and the one he has chosen for his return to English football.
‘This club is 10 times better,’ replied Kompany emphatically at Burnley’s training complex.
‘This was Man City when it got taken over.