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Pep Guardiola believes that Vincent Kompany will one day take his job and become manager of Manchester City.
Kompany spent 11 seasons at City as a player, including eight as club captain, and was later immortalized in 2021 when a statue of him was unveiled at the Etihad Stadium.
The 37-year-old Belgian was back in Manchester on Wednesday night when his Burnley side lost 3-1 against Guardiola's City.
Julian Alvarez scored twice for City on his 24th birthday before Rodri made it 3-0 early in the second half.
Ameen Al-Dakhil bundled home a late consolation goal for Burnley.
Speaking to BBC Sport after the game, Guardiola praised Kompany and the way he set up his Burnley outfit.
"Burnley is not an easy team to face, they never give up," said Guardiola. "Today, we won because of the quality of players we have, not because we controlled everything or were better at all aspects.
"I have the feeling Burnley did not get the result they deserved to take.
"Vinny sooner or later will finish here. I have the feeling that he will finish here. He is already a big manager, what he did last season with Burnley.
"You can see the ideas they have, the way they try to defend. I like what he does."
Kompany has been in charge at Turf Moor since June 2022 when he returned to England following a 96-game spell as Anderlecht manager.
In his first season with Burnley, Kompany won the EFL Championship with 101 points - only four teams have ever earned more points in a single season in England's second tier.
However, Wednesday's defeat left Burnley 19th in the Premier League table - seven points below Luton in 17th.
Kompany is adamant that his team can still stay up, though.
It's Burnley Football Club," he said bullishly. "It's 101 points in the Championship last year. It's six years survival in the Premier League with definitely the lowest budget for all those years.
"We'll find a way, we keep grafting and going. There's enough drive in the club to keep pushing ourselves. We're definitely not going to give anything up."
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