Burnley Working On Signing 20 y/o Attacker
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Burnley are engaged on a late transfer for PSV Eindhoven attacker Johan Bakayoko, with Fabrizio Romano sharing how a lot a switch may price.
What’s the most recent Burnley switch information?
Vincent Kompany and people at Turf Moor have been extraordinarily busy through the summer time window, with Lawrence Vigoroux, James Trafford, Zeki Amdouni, Sander Berge, Aaron Ramsey, Jordan Beyer, Wilson Odobert, Dara O’Shea, Michael Obafemi, Hannes Delcroix, Luca Koleosho, Nathan Redmond and Jacob Bruun Larsen all becoming a member of the Clarets in offers totalling just below £100m.
Nonetheless, there may very well be scope for additional additions earlier than Friday night’s deadline, with Bakayoko a participant of curiosity. Reports final week claimed that Burnley had a £17m supply rejected, nevertheless it appears as if a switch continues to be one to look at.
Speaking to Caught Offside, Romano stated that each Burnley and Brentford “are working” on a switch, though PSV Eindhoven received’t promote for lower than €30m (£25.7m) – a reasonably large enhance on an preliminary £17m supply from Burnley.
“Johan Bakayoko – That is one to look at and there may be curiosity in Johan Bakayoko from two or three golf equipment in Premier League. I can verify that Brentford and Burnley are engaged on it, however the state of affairs stays open to different golf equipment.
“PSV Eindhoven received’t promote for lower than €30m charge, at the least that is their place at the moment.”
Who’s Johan Bakayoko?
Bakayoko is an out-and-out right-winger however is definitely left-footed. The 20-year-old made the transfer to PSV’s academy again in 2019 from Anderlecht and has since progressed right into a first-team common, along with his contract not set to run out till 2026.
The Belgium worldwide is now valued at a career-high €10m by Transfermarkt and has made 44 senior appearances for his present employers. He has already registered 4 assists in as many video games in serving to PSV qualify for the Champions League, and final season, contributed to fifteen foals in all competitions.
The participant’s agent, Gerard Witters, has additionally labelled Bakayoko as “phenomenal” and “very explosive”, believing he’s going from energy to energy within the Netherlands after a troublesome begin in senior soccer.
“At first of 2021, Johan was not doing effectively. However after he received his new contract, all the things modified. He began to spice up his stats and his current video games had been phenomenal. The membership has instructed me that Johan is already higher than they initially thought he can be.
“Earlier than he generally performed like a loopy canine. He had nice qualities and was very explosive, however he produced poor crosses and took photographs after they weren’t the best choice.
“Now he is aware of much more what he will do and defenders cannot cease him anymore, although he at all times does the identical motion (slicing inside).”
In consequence, a late transfer to England and probably Turf Moor may very well be one to regulate, however with Burnley already having a whopping 13 choices within the last third, you can argue {that a} transfer isn’t essentially make or break in relation to Burnley’s season.
