Burnley Plotting Move for 20 y/o Forward

Burnley are plotting a transfer for Ajax ahead Sontje Hansen, Soccer Insider report.

What’s the newest on Burnley and Hansen?

The Clarets have one foot again within the Premier League after an especially profitable first season beneath Vincent Kompany. The membership are at the moment 11 factors away from second place Sheffield United and 17 away from third place Middlesbrough after shedding simply two of their 38 Championship fixtures.

Burnley can seal a direct return to the highest flight over the Easter weekend, and it appears to be like as if Kompany is already planning forward for the summer time switch window, with information of a brand new goal rising.

Football Insider shared a narrative concerning Hansen within the final 24 hours concerning Burnley and Hansen. They revealed that the Clarets are plotting a summer time transfer for Hansen, with Kompany pushing the Burnley board to get a deal over the road as he’s eager so as to add extra creativity and objective output to his facet.

Who’s Hansen?

Hansen is simply 20 years of age and has been on the books of Ajax since 2013. He’s primarily a right-winger who can play wherever throughout the entrance three and is represented by well-known company Wasserman, which additionally takes care of 5 Burnley gamers.

The Dutch attacker is on track to grow to be a free agent in the summertime after making simply two appearances for Ajax’s first crew. He has impressed within the youth sides, although, making a complete of 157 appearances within the academy, scoring 37 instances and registering 32 assists, as per Transfermarkt.

As soon as valued at €6m (£5.3m), Hansen was attracting interest from Manchester Metropolis, Juventus, Inter Milan and RB Leipzig again in 2020 however ended up remaining with the Dutch giants.

A transfer away seems to be a chance over the approaching months, and a change to Turf Moor could possibly be a sensible transfer by the Claret because the participant appears to be like to make an influence at first-team degree.

Kompany seems to be an enormous fan of the ahead who stole the present on the U-17 World Cup in 2019 for Holland, successful the Golden Boot on the event. Burnley at the moment have two right-wingers on the books in Manuel Benson and Johann Berg Gudmundsson, with the latter 32 and out of contract subsequent yr. Nathan Tella is on mortgage till the tip of the season from Southampton, so maybe Hansen might are available in and supply one other versatile choice within the ultimate third, probably alongside Tella ought to the membership goal a everlasting deal.