The Burnley Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Burnley pay Junior $7.7M for a proper upgrade
Junior did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $7.7M for Guillermo Paiva, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Guillermo Paiva 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. Guillermo Paiva is living that version at Burnley, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcus Edwards pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Quilindschy Hartman stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Quilindschy Hartman and Burnley agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcus Edwards 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Burnley and Axel Tuanzebe
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Burnley, another week without a signature from Axel Tuanzebe.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Burnley has picked up the phone to Josh Cullen
- Market Joe Worrall told to find a new club
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Leandro Bevin