Naive Burnley left counting cost of a season that has become a very expensive mistake
Some predictions don’t stand the test of time. It is a little over a year since Pep Guardiola declared it was Vincent Kompany’s destiny to manage Manchester City. It seemed likelier that he might take charge of Chelsea or Tottenham first, two capital clubs expressing an interest in hiring him. Instead, his destiny shifted at Tottenham in May 2024; Saturday’s defeat ratified Burnley’s relegation.
Despite a March-and-April revival, But for points deductions to Everton , Burnley would have been cast further adrift sooner. Yet if the reality that Luton and Sheffield United, promoted with them, will also would suggest they were powerless to prevent it, that the gulf between the economics of the two divisions is
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