Burnley boss Vincent Kompany not concerned by lack of Championship experience

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is not concerned by his lack of Championship experience.
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The Clarets are facing life back in the second tier for the first time since finishing the 2015/16 season as Championship winners, going 23 undefeated.

And Kompany is a stranger to life outside the top flight as a player and manager, with all his playing days in either the Belgian First Division with Anderlecht, Bundesliga with Hamburg and Premier League with Manchester City.

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When he returned to Anderlecht as head coach in 2019, it was again in the Belgian First Division A.

Anderlecht's head coach Vincent Kompany pictured during a soccer match between Club Brugge KV and RSC Anderleht, Sunday 22 May 2022 in Brugge, on the sixth and last day of the Champions' play-offs of the 2021-2022 'Jupiler Pro League' first division of the Belgian championship. BELGA PHOTO KURT DESPLENTER (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)Anderlecht's head coach Vincent Kompany pictured during a soccer match between Club Brugge KV and RSC Anderleht, Sunday 22 May 2022 in Brugge, on the sixth and last day of the Champions' play-offs of the 2021-2022 'Jupiler Pro League' first division of the Belgian championship. BELGA PHOTO KURT DESPLENTER (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
Anderlecht's head coach Vincent Kompany pictured during a soccer match between Club Brugge KV and RSC Anderleht, Sunday 22 May 2022 in Brugge, on the sixth and last day of the Champions' play-offs of the 2021-2022 'Jupiler Pro League' first division of the Belgian championship. BELGA PHOTO KURT DESPLENTER (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Kompany, however, feels he will quickly learn the nuances of what is considered one of the toughest divisions in Europe.

He saId: "If we stay just on being honest, until you've done the Championship, you don't know anything about the Championship.

"But I'm a quick learner and I'm ready for the challenge.

"I'm completely also ready to admit what I don't know, so I'm surrounded by people who do know and make sure I do learn quickly.

"That's just a matter of time.

"We'll have the same interview in three months' time and it'll be different.”