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Luca Koleosho: Burnley in advanced talks to sign Espanyol winger

By Shamoon HafezBBC Sport

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Luca Koleosho
Luca Koleosho scored one goal in four substitute appearances for Espanyol last season

Burnley are in advanced talks to sign Italy youth international winger Luca Koleosho from Spanish side Espanyol.

Koleosho, 18, made four substitute appearances in La Liga last season, scoring once, as Espanyol finished 19th and were relegated to the second tier.

Born in the United States, Koleosho was part of the Italy squad that won the Under-19 European Championship last week.

He would become Burnley's eighth summer signing for a reportedexternal-link £2.6m fee.

In a busy week for the Clarets in the transfer market, they have signed winger Nathan Redmond on a free transfer and also confirmed deals for England Under-21 goalkeeper James Trafford from champions Manchester City and Switzerland forward Zeki Amdouni from Basel.

Manager Vincent Kompany has also brought in defender Dara O'Shea and goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux this summer, while loan moves for Jordan Beyer and Michael Obafemi have been made permanent.

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  • Comment posted by Blue Billion Pound Bottle Jobs, at 02:43 22 Jul 2023

    Burnley sure are doing some serious transfer business this summer. Just hope they don't end up with 25 signings by the time the window closes like Forest did last summer.

    • Reply posted by michael5698, at 02:49 22 Jul 2023

      michael5698 replied:
      26 signings or more would definitely be impressive.

  • Comment posted by DMT, at 05:32 22 Jul 2023

    It sounds at least like someone at Burnley is doing some serious scouting and research a bit like Brighton have done for the last few years. Presumably they didn’t just stick a pin in a list of players and come up with this guy . For £2.6mill it’s already advantage Burnley. I’ve been very impressed with their business so far.

    • Reply posted by HadMySay, at 07:10 22 Jul 2023

      HadMySay replied:
      What I really admire about Kompany is the fact he's not just building for next season, but has a long-term plan too, a plan which will be in place at the club longer than he is. Most managers can't see beyond the end of their own nose. He might never see the benefit of this signing but he made it anyway.

  • Comment posted by ian, at 23:05 21 Jul 2023

    Never heard of the guy but seemingly another good buy for Burnley. Hopefully stay in the league.

    • Reply posted by KR, at 02:23 22 Jul 2023

      KR replied:
      You'd like to think Burnley have done their due diligence and have taken a punt on him.

  • Comment posted by D1706968915995, at 09:22 22 Jul 2023

    Another pointless hys by the bbc

  • Comment posted by Diddy, at 07:06 22 Jul 2023

    Can’t understand why they haven’t tried to bring in Tella and Maatsen after how well they did last season. Are all these players going to gel in time for a Prem season I’m not sure.

    • Reply posted by HadMySay, at 07:13 22 Jul 2023

      HadMySay replied:
      Wow, well spotted. I'll email the club and remind them about those two players. I'm sure they'll be relieved to be reminded about trying to sign them permanently. It's not football manager, dude. These deals are complicated and the window isn't shut yet. Chelsea are a bigger club than us, and Southampton have parachute payments which means they probably don't have to sell...

  • Comment posted by sickbeggar, at 11:27 22 Jul 2023

    Could be a bargain, could be crap, but it would be cheap crap at least

    • Reply posted by D1706968915995, at 11:41 22 Jul 2023

      D1706968915995 replied:
      Italy u20 wouldn't suggest he's crap! Do some research before writing nonsense

  • Comment posted by michael5698, at 02:47 22 Jul 2023

    Four substitute appearances is very impressive indeed.

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