Burnley boss Vincent Kompany believes that managers like Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp make the game better as they push the boundaries every day.
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00:00 I know that from probably City's point of view, if you can keep him another 20 years,
00:06 keep him another 20 years.
00:07 Whatever you need to do to keep him fresh, right?
00:11 But on the other side, those things are very personal.
00:15 The biggest thing is Klopp said himself he didn't see it coming necessarily.
00:19 It is what it is.
00:21 And to have the honesty about it, like he did, that's the hardest part.
00:26 Because everybody, it doesn't matter how much money you've made in your life, everybody
00:29 likes the next paycheck.
00:32 And he could have carried on.
00:34 And so I think it speaks a lot about his character.
00:38 But I'm sure he'll have, because I'm back onto Klopp now, I'm sure he'll have a blast
00:45 over three, four months now left to the season.
00:48 He'll remember everything he's experienced in between now.
00:50 He'll enjoy everything he's experienced in between now and the end of the season, no
00:54 doubt.
00:55 It's always like, you see people as superhuman sometimes, although they're human, but sometimes
01:02 you see them as superhuman.
01:03 So who am I to discuss any kind of limits to people that are pushing boundaries every
01:10 day?
01:12 But I know those are very, very personal questions.
01:14 From my side, I wish him and I wish these guys longevity because they make the game
01:23 better.
01:26 And then the rest, it's so, so personal.
01:29 I'm sure that somewhere along the way, Sir Alex Ferguson came to those same moments,
01:34 right, in his life.
01:36 He did.
01:37 He did, yeah.
01:38 Yeah.
01:39 And it's just, whatever gives you that extra bit of, I'm ready to go again.
01:45 And sometimes it's reinventing yourself, sometimes it's reinventing your staff, it's reinventing
01:49 your team.
01:50 It comes in so many different forms and it's so personal.
01:57 And that's why I wouldn't put anyone in a category, everyone is very different.
02:02 If you ask me, so I'm looking at the example of my dad, right, he's 75, he's still going.
02:08 As if, you know, he still has ambitions, he still, he could be sat at home and, you know,
02:12 he was a political refugee when he came over, he had a life of struggle, could be sat at
02:16 home doing nothing, enjoying the wealth of his children.
02:19 Let's put it this way, he's not.
02:21 So it's so personal.
02:24 And I met Sir Alex Ferguson not so long ago and for all the talk about him retiring, when
02:30 I spoke to him, I didn't feel he was retired.
02:33 He's still...
02:34 He's still got that fire and desire.
02:36 Yeah, he's still as sharp as he gets, he still has that fire.
02:39 So those are very personal things, but those are very special people as well.
02:45 So you just can't predict.