English Premier League newcomers Burnley are being linked with a possible move for former Nigeria
U23 international David Okereke.
Italian transfer market website Tuttomercatoweb reported on Thursday night that Burnley are looking to
bolster their attack with the acquisition of the highly-rated Cremonese forward Okereke.
Allnigeriasoccer.com can confirm that the Clarets have the Nigerian on their radar but have not yet
made a bid for his services.
Okereke is looked after by Patrick Bastianelli’s PB Sport and it is understood that the agency has close
links with Burnley manager Vincent Kompany.
Unarguably, the 25-year-old was the shining light in what was a poor season for Cremonese, scoring nine
goals and registering three assists in 38 all-competition appearances in 2022-2023.
With Cremonese losing their top-flight status at the end of last season, Okereke’s next destination has
been a subject of speculation in recent weeks.
Apart form Burnley, Okereke is also on the wishlist of Italian Serie A clubs as well as Besiktas who are
pushing to sign him.
The former Club Brugge, Venezia and Spezia man has a contract with Cremonese until June 30, 2025.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel .
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Vincent Kompany’s men were one of the first teams in the county back for preseason following their
impressive title-winning campaign in the Championship last time out, and they came out on top at their
training ground this afternoon.
Scott Twine opened the scoring in the first minute, before Josh Brownhill made it two early in the
second half. Dara Costelloe, a substitute for the hosts at Gawthorpe, rounded off the fixture with a third
goal just a couple of minutes from time, and Wednesday have now drawn one, won one and lost one in
their preparations for the 2023/23 campaign.
Though the line-ups haven’t been revealed, images on the Clarets website show that the likes of Cameron
Dawson, Marvin Johnson, Reece James, Akin Famewo, Ciaran Brennan, Tyreeq Bakinson and Michael
Smith were amongst those that featured.
Wednesday, along with Xisco and his newly-appointed technical team, will jet out to Spain on Saturday
to begin a week-long warm weather camp in Murcia, and they have a game set up with Real Murcia on
Tuesday night before an as-yet-uncofirmed encounter with Eldense on Friday morning.
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