Scott Parker has already taken huge steps to avoiding Vincent Kompany’s Burnley failures | OneFootball

The Burnley gaffer could look to operate in a different manner next season - and the signs are already there

Burnley boss Scott Parker finished his debut season as Turf Moor boss by almost entirely replicating the incredible achievements of Vincent Kompany from two years ago - as the good times continue to roll in east Lancashire.

Both Parker and Kompany came to the Burnley helm following relegation from the Premier League with the aim of dragging the Clarets back up to the big time - and although they went about their business in an entirely different manner, the pair both got the job done with at least 100 points on the board in the Championship table, with a maximum of three losses throughout the entire campaign.

Of course, Kompany's men blitzed the league with 101 points, and although Parker managed to reach a century, he was pipped to the post by free-scoring Leeds United - and so it's slightly fair to say that upon promotion, Kompany's men were the 'it' team to look out for in the Premier League. But after ceremoniously failing to stay in the top-flight, Parker has already taken measured steps to avoid the failures that the Belgian didn't see coming.

Vincent Kompany massively failed in the Premier League with Burnley

Kompany had loaned Nathan Tella, Ian Maatsen, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Jordan Beyer in the second-tier, and all left having achieved massive degrees of success.

Tella finished as the club's top goalscorer with 17 league goals, Maatsen was named in the Team of the Season after some lightning performances from left-back, and the latter duo of Harwood-Bellis and Beyer formed a rock-solid defence that conceded just 35 goals throughout the campaign - the best defensive record in the division.

However, only Beyer joined them for the following campaign - and that was to Kompany's downfall. A failed move for Tella early in the window, with even the forward once admitting that he thought he'd be returning to Turf Moor, saw the club opt for Mike Tresor instead - and similarly, a last-gasp deadline-day move for Maatsen proved too late, with the Clarets instead lumping for Anderlecht unknown Hannes Delcroix to fit in at left-back.

Harwood-Bellis also failed to return to the club, instead joining Southampton on a season-long loan deal which has now turned permanent, and with replacement Dara O'Shea landing in the Englishman's place, it was only Beyer that stayed on in any capacity. That saw the squad completely ripped up and a second rebuild in as many seasons to contend with, which proved too much.

Scott Parker has strayed away from Vincent Kompany's Burnley mistakes

That is where Parker appears to have learned his lesson. Tresor has been a resounding failure at the club, being on their books for the entirety of the current campaign and only making one substitute appearance in the FA Cup - whilst it became apparent quite early on that Delcroix was not up to scratch for the top-flight, and O'Shea, whilst a decent signing, took a while to get going by which time it was too late in Burnley's survival campaign.

This season has seen Jaidon Anthony, Marcus Edwards, Zian Flemming and Bashir Humphreys all move to Burnley on loan under Parker - and with each loan signing being a roaring success in their own right, Parker's ability to get them in on loan-to-buy obligation deals could stand them in good stead for next season.

Sure, Anthony and Edwards may not have had the extreme impact of Tella, Humphreys doesn't have the attacking nous of now-Aston Villa starlet Maatsen and Flemming is untested in the Premier League.

But keeping that squad unity and utilising the loan players that took them up to the Premier League will certainly stand them in good stead heading into next season in their bid to remain in the top-flight, aiming to buck the current trend of all three promoted clubs being relegated for the third season in a row.