Richard Keys has taken a dig at Burnley boss Vincent Kompany, who he believes takes the Turf Moor job as a “vainness challenge” not like Sean Dyche, who purchased into the membership in addition to the city.
Regardless of having led Burnley to the Championship title final 12 months and having earned promotion within the course of, the Clarets are languishing within the relegation zone after 5 matches within the high flight.
They’ve misplaced 4 of their matches up to now and have amassed only one level.
Keys has put the blame for Burnley’s poor run of type on their supervisor, who he feels is taking liberties and considers his job as a conceit challenge.
He went on to check Kompany with Dyche as managers of the Turf Moor-based membership stressing how Dyche had taken into each the membership and the supervisor, not like his successor.
“Vincent Kompany is taking liberties”, Keys wrote on his blog.
“I’m afraid it seems to be as if managing Burnley is a conceit challenge for him.
“He mentioned afterwards ‘any staff that’s related to my title will at all times play good soccer’.
“Mistaken Vinny.
“You’ve acquired that absolutely incorrect.
“It’s the opposite approach spherical – proper now your title is related to Burnley – a implausible previous membership that down the years has at all times recognized what it’s.
“Sean Dyche understood that. He purchased into the membership and the city.
“You knew he was dedicated. He was ‘Burnley’ when he was at Turf Moor.
“Kompany provides me the impression that he’s simply passing by means of.
“He’s ready to sacrifice the membership and its followers, who work damned laborious for the 90 minutes of distraction in enormously attempting circumstances, to boost his popularity and anticipate the appropriate one – virtually definitely Metropolis in his thoughts.”
Kompany’s facet, who narrowly misplaced 1-0 to Manchester United on the weekend, face Salford Metropolis in an EFL Cup third-round match on Tuesday.