Burnley, the newly-promoted Premier League team, is ready to offer Albert Sambi Lokonga another opportunity in England, with manager Vincent Kompany keen on reuniting with the midfielder.
Kompany and Lokonga previously worked together at Anderlecht before the player made his move to Arsenal. Since joining the Gunners, Lokonga has faced difficulties settling in England and has struggled to make an impact.
During the latter part of last season, Lokonga was sent out on loan to Crystal Palace, but his time there was unsuccessful, resulting in his return to the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal has made it clear that Lokonga is not part of their future plans, and it is anticipated that they will allow him to leave, even on a temporary basis.
According to The Sun, Burnley has expressed a strong interest in Lokonga and is actively considering both a permanent transfer and a loan deal for the midfielder. However, Burnley has other ongoing transfer activities that will influence the decision they make regarding Lokonga’s potential move.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Lokonga has simply flopped since he joined us and the Belgian needs to leave the club as soon as possible.
We are adding better players to our group and he simply has no future with us again, so selling him this summer is perfect.
If we do get only loan offers, we should try to input an obligation to buy into them before accepting.
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Zian Flemming has no release clause in his contract with Millwall, meaning Burnley will have to agree a fee with the Lions to sign him after four rejected bids, according to the South London Press.
Clarets boss Vincent Kompany, who got an up-close look at Flemming in the Championship last season, has seen enough to badly want him at Turf Moor.
Burnley have been trying to deliver for their manager, but so far no agreement with Millwall is in place.
It has emerged that Burnley has now failed with four offers for Flemming, with none of the four is good enough for Millwall to accept.
And there is no release clause in Flemming’s contract that the Clarets could look to trigger.
The 24-year-old attacker cost Millwall a fee of £1.7m to land from Dutch outfit Fortuna Sittard and is expected to cost Burnley in excess of £8m if he does move north.
Flemming came through the youth set-up at Ajax but had to move to Zwolle to make the breakthrough into the Dutch top flight.
He joined Millwall just last summer, penning a three-year deal, and found the back of the net 15 times for Gary Rowett’s men last term.