Burnley boss Vincent Kompany believes that Clarets striker Lyle Foster will continue to improve in the Premier League.
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00:00 What is for sure shown in the little time he's played in the Premier League is that he's made for this league.
00:06 You know, I think that's clear.
00:08 What level in this league is difficult to assess.
00:11 And I usually look at, because sometimes we forget about how high the bar has been set now in the Premier League.
00:19 I don't think it's ever been this high.
00:21 So, for example, teams like Bournemouth have got Solanke up front,
00:26 Everton's got Calvert-Lewin up front and they're kind of the teams who are at the moment just above relegation.
00:33 That's the standard of strikers in this league.
00:36 Like, we can't forget that.
00:37 But has he got the potential?
00:40 I think he's shown definitely that he does.
00:43 But I don't know whether the priority for him right now is anything other than being happy and playing.
00:49 And that's what transpires, I think, on the pitch.
00:52 It's still very closely followed.
00:54 We have, I don't know, it started with day one, with his three or four weeks plan.
01:05 Now he's got, I think, an eight-week plan going forward as well.
01:08 So he's still being closely monitored at the moment.
01:11 And it's nothing, I think you have to look at it like an injury a little bit and return to injury.
01:18 And he's every positive sign we wanted to see.
01:23 And that's the best thing for us.
01:24 We've seen everything he's had to do.
01:28 He's done brilliantly.
01:29 And now we just have to keep him on that path.
01:32 But he's still getting day-to-day, how would I say, follow-up treatment.
01:40 And until a point where, of course, the goal is to have him just live a normal life, you know.
01:47 But he will get there.
01:48 I think we've proven how we've reacted as a club.
01:52 We have had as well to suffer, not real suffering, but you know what I mean?
02:01 Like with our best player, our number nine was gone.
02:05 And I don't think there's anyone at the club that's had a second thought about what was the right thing to do here.
02:12 And again, if people want to understand why this club is different, it's because in moments like this,
02:18 we have absolute unity within the club.
02:20 There wasn't a person that came in and said, well, maybe you were careful.
02:24 What are the implications of?
02:27 Because it could affect his value as well.
02:30 But nobody cares.
02:31 We did what is right by the player.
02:34 We will continue to do so for him and every other player we have.
02:37 And right now, we have to sometimes suffer short-term consequences,
02:42 which are never worse than the player himself, of course.
02:45 But in the long term, we'll always be better because of it.
02:51 And we're very clear in that.