Burnley, supervised by former Belgian defender Vincent Kompany, promoted to the English Premier League in football, after beating Middlesbrough 2-1 on Friday.

After a series of 19 games without losing, Burnley moved away by 19 points from Luton III, who would not be able to catch up with him, six games before the end of the season.

Burnley had included Kompany, the four-time Premier League champion, as a player with Manchester City, in 2022, after he was relegated after six seasons in the Premier League.

The former center back expressed his surprise at this rapid rise, "We are still in the Easter period, there are seven matches, and here we are celebrating. We did not expect that."

With his relegation, he had to pay off a large part of his debts of $ 78 million and sell a number of his important players.

But the 36-year-old Kompany, the former coach of Anderlecht, has succeeded in making a good team of new faces, taking advantage of his connections in Belgium and with Manchester City to strengthen his squad.