The Burnley Sentinel
Market11 Jun 2040
Burnley get their man
The chase for Sébastien Masson ended with $5.4M changing hands and Ipswich Town out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad11 Jun 2040
Lucio Falasco in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Burnley this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jun 2040
A move John Wright would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. John Wright is living that version at Burnley, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom11 Jun 2040
Liam Clayton will join Burnley for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Liam Clayton has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Burnley have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad11 Jun 2040
Charlie Wood stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Charlie Wood and Burnley agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jun 2040
Home is on Tymur Nianchur's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Burnley are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
In brief
- Market Burnley sign John Wright, one for the future
- Market Burnley sign Nathan Collins, one for the future
- Market No place for Reda Benchaa in the plan
- The terraces The stands have heard the George Atkinson talk too