Burnley boss Vincent Kompany spoke on the 10 point deduction given to Everton by the Premier League and the impact it has on the table.
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00:00 Since we last spoke to you there's been a significant development as far as the Premier League is concerned.
00:04 Everton have lost points because of financial reasons.
00:08 What do you make of that?
00:10 It's the way I am as a person.
00:14 I tend not to pay attention to anything I can't control.
00:18 It's not something I can control.
00:20 And quite frankly I think we've not been in terms of results in any position where we need to look at anybody else but ourselves.
00:28 The focus is there and to continue our good performances.
00:32 But what it does do is bring them back down to you in the league table.
00:36 Was that possibly your first reaction when you heard they're back on four points like you?
00:40 No, my focus has been on turning our performances into results.
00:45 Because that's the only thing that matters.
00:48 I guess as well you're a little bit in tunnel vision where you don't get too much time to look left or right.
00:57 I'm not dodging the question.
01:00 I understand fully that the club has got a vested interest in this.
01:05 I understand fully that there's been discussions at Premier League level and board level.
01:10 But in all honesty it's not been even one second on my mind.
01:15 I don't think it's for me to make a judgement on this.
01:20 The main thing is I need to focus on this team.
01:23 Start rewarding yourself and turn performances into results.
01:28 There's even talk of Burnley being one of a number of clubs pursuing damages against Everton.
01:40 I appreciate that might be a board decision but from your perspective, how does that affect relationships between the two clubs?
01:48 It's like I said, I'm aware so I'm not going to pretend that I'm not aware.
01:55 But it's none of my concern.
01:58 It's not my job, it's not my task.
02:01 The task I have is way too important for me to get distracted by this.
02:05 We're talking politics here.
02:07 And like I say, board level discussions, my absolute priority is on keeping this team in this league.
02:22 And showing every day that we can belong here, we can be a good team in this league.
02:29 None of my attention towards that case will actually help what we need to achieve.