Burnley: Clarets make Sambi Lokonga top target
The club wants to sort out a deal for the player that would see him move to Turf Moor on loan first.
Newly promoted Burnley wants to sort out a deal for Albert Sambi Lokonga that could see him eventually join them on a permanent basis, with the club making the player their top target this summer, according to Football Insider.
Is Burnley signing Sambi Lokonga during the transfer window?
The Arsenal man has spent the second half of the 2022/23 campaign on loan with Crystal Palace in the Premier League but has struggled to play as much as he would probably like. He’s started only six times for the Eagles in the top flight, and previous to that, he had only six appearances for the Gunners before he was shipped out.
It means that since making the move to England in 2021, he has managed the equivalent of just under 21 matches. Prior to that, he was managing at least 20 starts a season with Anderlecht in Belgium in the two previous campaigns, but those opportunities have since been halved and halved again.
It means that he will no doubt be desperate to get on the field more regularly as a first-teamer in the next campaign. It appears that Burnley could be prepared to offer him that chance, with Football Insider reporting that the Clarets want to seal a deal for a player they have now made their “top target” ahead of the transfer window.
With the Clarets having already entered talks for the midfielder, it adds that they would like to do a deal that would let Vincent Kompany try the player before they buy him.
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