Vincent Kompany proud of James Trafford England call-up

Burnley Express

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is very proud that James Trafford received a call-up to the senior England side during the international break and believes he will one day be the number one keeper.

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00:00 We're very proud of it as a club to ever play in the England senior team.

00:04 I don't think there's a greater honour for a club.

00:08 But I've told you this so many times about the fact that he will be a very good goalkeeper

00:16 for England.

00:17 But at this moment in time, we only take it as a positive and everything else is just

00:25 for him to keep progressing and keep fighting for his spot.

00:30 It's not too difficult.

00:32 You say a lot has been made.

00:34 From my side, nothing has been made out of it.

00:37 Two very good goalkeepers and it's all about the team right now.

00:41 I think every decision that we make is for one goal and one goal only.

00:46 It's to stay up.

00:49 There's really nothing else that comes into play at the moment.

00:52 We have two goalkeepers, very, very good.

00:57 Any decision I make is always for the team.

01:01 When I pick one goalkeeper, whether it's one or the other, it's always for the team.

01:05 In the end, what I really believe in, it's how I grew up.

01:10 My youth years are Anderlecht from six to 20.

01:15 It's a competitive environment.

01:16 I've never known anything different.

01:18 Talented players fighting for positions and using any type of either setback or to become

01:26 better.

01:27 That's part of the journey.

01:28 You guys are thinking about it way more than I am.

01:31 For me, it's really binary.

01:34 It's one or two, that's it.

01:36 I have to pick one and I'll pick and that's it.

01:40 It's not a discussion for me.

01:44 The players know that this is also how I choose.

01:48 So the only thing I'd say about fans' favourites and all this is, we've been in the game long

01:54 enough to know.

01:55 If you remember the start of last season, it didn't start like this.

02:00 You earn it.

02:01 That's part of the journey of so many players where you look back at the early years, maybe

02:07 you're not, and then at the end you are.

02:10 For me, that's not a factor.

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