‘Don’t test me!’ – Vincent Kompany explains angry outburst at Burnley player in viral clip

Former Burnley manager Vincent Kompany says he lost his cool with Johann Berg Gudmundsson last season because they ‘gave our lives for our team’.

For the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, the Clarets have given Sky Sports behind-the-scenes access to film a series of documentaries at the club.

Before the release of the second season, a clip appeared on social media of Kompany criticizing Gudmundsson in training with anger and violence.

“Joey, don’t test me. Don’t test me. Enough moaning. Enough moaning!” Kompany shouted.

“Play football. You have to work for everything. F***ing play! How many times do I have to tell you? Stop moaning.

“What? Anyone want to talk to the group?

“Do you want to communicate with you, big boy? You are a big boy, do you want to talk?”

After Gudmundsson protested his innocence, Kompany replied: “No, you were moaning about everything!

“Body language says f***ing s*** and I don’t agree. Play! F***ing hell man.”

“It’s life or death. F***ing play!

Burnley were eventually relegated from the Premier League, and Kompany was appointed head coach of Bayern Munich.

In interview no DH les Sports+Kompany elaborated on the verbal explosion with Gudmundsson.

“I explained to him calmly too!” Kompany laughed. “It’s actually the first time this year at Bayern that I don’t have cameramen filming my whole season to make a documentary. It was like that at Anderlecht and Burnley.

“When every speech and every training session is recorded, there is such a moment. But the message of all that is that we give our lives for our club. If the club is relegated, people will lose their jobs. responsibility.

“We should never find ourselves in a situation where we don’t have attention. It wasn’t about a bad pass or a bad tactical choice, but about the important things: running and fighting for each other.

“He had broken basic principles.”

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