ROBERTS FIRED UP TO EARN WHITES GLORY
UPBEAT: Connor Roberts CONNOR Roberts says he has joined Leeds to be part of “something special” at the end of the season. Roberts played 50 times for Burnley last term and was named in the Championship team of the season after Vincent Kompany’s side won promotion to the Premier League. But the 28-year-old lost his place in recent weeks and requested a loan move in order to get game time ahead of Wales’ Euro 2024 qualifier against Finland in March. Brentford and Dutch giants Feyenoord both made enquiries but it was the Whites who won t…
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incent Kompany makes unwavering claim about Burnley’s survival chances ahead of must-win Fulham clash
Prior to the Man City defeat in midweek, a statistic did the rounds that only one side in Premier League history had survived with the same number of points as the Clarets at this stage of the season.
Sitting on just 12 points and seven adrift of safety, the picture certainly doesn’t look good for Kompany’s men ahead of today’s must-win clash against Fulham.
“That’s one more team than I would have thought,” he said. “But it wouldn’t even matter had no-one done it before, it wouldn’t change any belief or motivation in me to do it.
“It’s a similar belief to what I had as a player. We’re in a position where a couple of wins can make a massive difference, whereas when you’re at the top like we were last year one defeat can make a massive difference.
“As long as you can manage your own energy and channel it, then it’s similar in terms of pressure [to being at the top].
