Vincent Kompany finally lost Everything today as .DARA O’SHEA agreed €50m move his leaving immediately…
DARA O’SHEA has learnt that being a Kompany man means keeping the head down and
I’d been at West Brom for eight years previously, so it’s my first time at a new club, learning new things, meeting new people.
“I am trying to take as many positives from it as possible, it’s a results-based game, we want points, we want to stay up and I think they will come soon.”
With Ireland, he hopes for that change in fortunes too as the disappointing Euro 2024 campaign winds down.
Stephen Kenny’s men have lost five of their seven games – the only victories were over Gibraltar – to leave them with no chance of making next year’s finals as they head to the Netherlands for Saturday’s final group game.
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O’Shea added: “We know that we cannot qualify, but it is an international game, a competitive game against a great side away.
“And we know we want to do something special as a group.
“If that’s all we can do right now, that’s what we want to do, to beat the Netherlands away, we know how much it would mean for the nation and for ourselves and the manager too.
“We have been unlucky in a lot of scenarios and it’s come down to fine margins, that’s football at the end of the day.
Seeing the boys go out there and you’ve worked hard all week to try and get into that position, it’s hard.
“But it pushes you on, there will always be that opportunity again, you have to be there to take it.
His move saw O’Shea bolster his Ireland ambitions as he returned to the Premier League, but it has also been tough as Burnley have lost ten of their 12 games.
He added: “The manager, Vincent Kompany, he demands a lot of you and there’s so much to learn. I was briefed on that previously, before I signed but I didn’t really expect it to be what it was when I got there.
Seeing the boys go out there and you’ve worked hard all week to try and get into that position, it’s hard.
“But it pushes you on, there will always be that opportunity again, you have to be there to take it.
His move saw O’Shea bolster his Ireland ambitions as he returned to the Premier League, but it has also been tough as Burnley have lost ten of their 12 games.
He added: “The manager, Vincent Kompany, he demands a lot of you and there’s so much to learn. I was briefed on that previously, before I signed but I didn’t really expect it to be what it was when I got there.
“I had to get my head around that and work hard, put myself back in the frame, which I have done, playing consistently for the last few games and I am really enjoying it.
“But it was a tough period, It’s not easy.
“When you are injured you can kind of accept it, you can’t possibly play.
“But when you are fit and ready and trying to do everything on the training pitch and you don’t get selected it’s a tough one to take.
But he knows that nothing can be taken for granted, having found himself out in the cold for a spell under Vincent Kompany at Burnley this season following his £7 million move.
Having started Burnley’s first three games following his switch from West Brom, he did not even make the matchday squad for three of the next four games.
And he said the only thing to do was what he did – wait for his chance as he has since returned to the starting XI.
He said: “It was tough mentally. There wasn’t much words said to me, to be honest. I don’t know why that was, I think that’s just the way he handles things.
