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If you hear Kompany speak, it's very clear that he's a people person. You can see that in how he's looked after Lyle Foster, for example. Those Burnley players will respect his playing career no end, of course, but it's what he's like with them on a human level that got them flying last season...

I think it's quite funny when the media hype up great players and try to convince the world that they're going to be great managers. Firstly because history shows that isn't often the case, and secondly because there was nothing whatsoever about Steven Gerrard (for example) when he was a player...

Perhaps there's an argument to be made that to become a truly great player, you have to have quite a singular, self-focused mindset. To be a really good manager, on the other hand, you have to have empathy, to be able to understand what makes other people tick and how to get the best out of...