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Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is tipped to manage Manchester City, but ex-players don't always work out

Vincent Kompany will get a first taste of life in the managers' dug-out at the Etihad Stadium when he takes his Championship team Burnley to face Manchester City in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday (stream live on ESPN+, 1.45 p.m., U.S. Only.)

"Vinny's destiny to be manager of City is written in the stars," Pep Guardiola said earlier this month after his side were drawn against Kompany's club in the last eight. "It's going to happen, I don't know when, but it will happen."

It was a bold statement by Guardiola about a 36-year-old who is in only his fourth season of management after his first three were spent in Belgium with Anderlecht.