Burnley Plot Swoop For £13k-p/w Ligue 1 Gem

Burnley have sealed an immediate bounce again into the Premier League and Vincent Kompany might be working laborious to construct a group match to compete comfortably within the high flight subsequent season.

The Clarets have already secured two everlasting signings forward of their return; nevertheless, after confirming this week that 18 gamers will depart the membership this summer time, there’s nonetheless loads of work to be completed within the switch market.

Certainly, their attacking menace has been one of the crucial tenacious within the Championship, with no different group scoring extra targets (87) over the 46-game marketing campaign.

Nonetheless, with Ashley Barnes heading to Norwich Metropolis and high scorer Nathan Tella’s future on the membership uncertain on account of his imminent return to his mother or father membership Southampton, it might doubtlessly depart a gaping gap within the ahead line.

The Saints are going through a spell within the second tier after their top-flight relegation, which implies that Tella’s success within the Championship might entice the south coast facet to retain his providers for his or her promotion problem.

Consequently, bolstering the choices within the ultimate third might be massively advantageous to Kompany, and bringing in a participant with expertise at a top-flight membership can be a good greater increase.

One participant who has been linked with a transfer to Turf Moor this summer time is former Chelsea academy graduate and present Troyes striker Ike Ugbo.

Who’s Ike Ugbo?

The 24-year-old has been at a lot of golf equipment over his career to this point, together with MK Dons, Barnsley and Genk. Nonetheless, his rise by the Cobham academy is most notable.

Regardless of by no means making a senior look for Chelsea past pre-season friendlies, Ugbo tallied up 25 targets and 4 assists within the U18s and U21s earlier than venturing on a lot of mortgage strikes and ultimately settling in Ligue 1 with Troyes.

Over 23 league appearances, the £13k-per-week dynamo – dubbed as ‘decisive’ by the Belgian media – has solely scored two targets and registered one help, nevertheless, has solely averaged 32 minutes per sport and earned simply seven begins.

Based on FBref, Leicester Metropolis objective machine Jamie Vardy is the second most comparable ahead to Ugbo over the past 12 months, with the pair sharing similarities of their output this season, together with pictures on the right track per 90 (0.50 v 0.63), shot-creating actions per 90 (1.12 v 1.66) and objective contributions delivered per 90 (0.37 v 0.34).

While the best signing can be for a Premier League-proven striker that may supply constant objective contributions subsequent season, it is an endeavour that gained’t come low cost for the Clarets.

As a substitute, the signing of Ugbo could possibly be a terrific alternative for the Burnley boss to flex his clear capability to enhance and develop unpolished expertise with out sacrificing essential funds that might be wanted in different areas of the pitch.

With that being mentioned, the long run is trying shiny for Burnley as they put together to return to the Premier League, and Ugbo could possibly be Kompany’s reply to Vardy if he can get the perfect from him subsequent season.