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Vincent Kompany has emphatically responded to speculation linking him with the Chelsea and Tottenham jobs by signing a new five-year contract at Burnley.
The Manchester City legend, still only 37, has guided the Clarets to promotion back to the Premier League as champions his first season at Turf Moor. Kompany's impressive work has piqued the interest of clubs across Europe, with Chelsea and Tottenham at the top of the list and both without a permanent manager.
Amid the pair's respective searches for a new boss, the Belgian coach has been privately discussed. But now a move for Kompany looks a whole lot harder, with his new deal keeping him in Lancashire until at least 2028.
In a statement confirming the news on Sunday afternoon, one day before the Clarets' final match of the Championship season at home to Cardiff, the 37-year-old said: "Burnley and Turf Moor felt right pretty much from the start - so it also feels right to sign for the next five years.
"Together with the fans we have made Turf Moor a fortress again and continue to look forward to the future and the job of making Burnley better with every step."
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Chairman Alan Pace, who appointed Kompany last summer, added: "We are ecstatic Vincent has signed a new deal! He is the perfect fit for how we all see Burnley Football Club moving forward. He's an extraordinary leader, setting ever higher standards and driving our club to the levels we all want to achieve."
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Vincent Kompany has signed a new five-year contract with Burnley (Ian Cook - CameraSport via Getty Images)Kompany had little interest in discussing rumours linking with a move to either Chelsea or Tottenham when first quizzed on the speculation last month. "I don't waste answers on my future," the ex-City centre-back told reporters. "I said it day one of my job here at Burnley, in anticipation that one day there might be a question like this. So, crack on.
"I'm focusing on Reading and the next games. It's the reason I chose Burnley. I chose for people and I feel in that I made the right decision. It's an enviable place to work in, trust me, especially when we keep talking about managers getting sacked left, right and centre. Wherever I am, in my head, it's always the biggest job in the world. Always."
Chelsea and Tottenham, in Frank Lampard and Ryan Mason respectively, each have interim managers seeing them through to the end of this season. It took Lampard seven games to get his first win back in charge of the Blues, recording a 3-1 victory away to Bournemouth on Saturday.
Mason, meanwhile, has enjoyed a fairly impressive start to his second run as caretaker, having done the same in 2021 after Jose Mourinho was sacked. Spurs drew 2-2 with Manchester United in his first outing before a rollercoaster 4-3 loss to Liverpool and 1-0 win against Crystal Palace.
Chelsea are understood to be close to appointing Mauricio Pochettino as their new boss, while Tottenham's search is less close to ending. German coach Julian Nagelsmann is among the candidates and talks are ongoing.