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Clarets boss Howe prepared to bolster his Turf Moor squad by borrowing stars (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Clarets boss Howe prepared to bolster his Turf Moor squad by borrowing stars
9:51am Wednesday 20th June 2012 in Football
By Suzanne Geldard, Burnley FC reporter
BURNLEY will again look to take advantage of the loan market this season, after bolstering their squad with temporary signings last term.
And the Clarets have first option on Bolton Wanderers striker Tom Eaves should Owen Coyle wish to allow the young striker to take time out from the Reebok in the last year of his current contract.
The agreement was set up as part of the joint £3million deal which took Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears to Bolton last summer, after Burnley lost out to Bolton Wanderers two years ago.
The Clarets were looking to sign the former Crewe hotshot from Oldham Athletic, but Coyle was alerted to Eaves after he scored a hat-trick against his side in a pre-season friendly at Boundary Park in July 2010, and signed the then teenager on a three-year deal for £250,000.
After a steady year in the reserves Eaves was expected to try to break into the squad in his second season, and impressed when the players returned for pre-season training last summer.
But a knee injury sustained on their tour of America held him back, and he has yet to make a senior appearance for Bolton, who have added Marvin Sordell and David Ngog to their attacking ranks in the previous two transfer windows, while retaining Kevin Davies on a one-year contract extension.
Eaves is one of a number of options the Clarets could look to explore to add to their squad this summer, with Wanderers likely to loan the 20-year-old out despite preparing for life in the Championship.
The Clarets strengthened numbers at key times last season, with Sam Vokes arriving from Wolves for a two-month spell from November, before Josh McQuoid completed a 93-day deal from Millwall in January.
Ben Mee and had initially joined on loan from Manchester City before the season got underway, with right back Kieran Trippier following after Tyrone Mears was sold to Bolton.
The defensive duo went on to make their Turf Moor moves permanent in January, as Burnley came under threat from rival clubs who had been impressed by the pair’s performances in the first half of the season.
Howe has been looking into the possibility of a full-time return for Vokes, although a change in management at Molineux is one of a number of factors that could hinder any attempt to secure the targetman on a permanent deal.
The Clarets have also so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to sign central defender Jason Shackell from Derby County.
Right back Luke O’Neill is the only new addition to date.
The 20-year-old signed a two-year deal from Mansfield, for a fee that could rise to £100,000, not £200,000 as initially reported.
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Comments (20)
9:54am Wed 20 Jun 12
thresholdweller says...
10:16am Wed 20 Jun 12
claretmeandyou says...
10:31am Wed 20 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig says...
Do you see any actual quotes on the article from EH or from the board confirming this?
No? It is just lazy journalism - Burnley may take advantage of the loan market this summer?? Big surprise, but don't let that stop you having another of your ill-informed rants against the BFC board
You truly are a boring feckwit
12:24pm Wed 20 Jun 12
Bluegoose says...
1:13pm Wed 20 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig says...
2:10pm Wed 20 Jun 12
vintageclaret says...
Also makes more sense considering they have re-instated the number of subs on the bench. All fits in with with building for the future. Before any Woeful come back (as in the multi-faceted one above) at least BFC have a future unlike the Chicken Shack
2:32pm Wed 20 Jun 12
Midland Claret says...
Also hope that we have at least for now sold all that we are going to sell e.g. O'Neill is not a replacement for Trippier.
4:30pm Wed 20 Jun 12
vintageclaret says...
5:02pm Wed 20 Jun 12
steralc says...
rrrr
5:08pm Wed 20 Jun 12
juanbbien says...
eston.three clubs up sh-t creek without a paddle,sad times.
7:47pm Wed 20 Jun 12
burnleyglentoran says...
The joker who posts as "claret me and you is actually non othe than the multifaceted shcitziod formerly known as "Tetleydrinker"
He's the guy who Fellow Claret "nottetleydrinker" named himself after.
He used to come on the burnley stories and lord it over us about B******ds superiority.
He also used to go on non football topics and slag the town, the people and anything to do with Burnley.
He popped up on some real happy, totally non-football, stories and soiled them with weird remarks.
As "tetley drinker" he was banned and tried a series of names before settling on Keep Darwen Green.
Yesterday he posted on the story headed - "Burnley poised to start bidding for Leeds midfielder Clayton" as "Claret me and you" and as usual made negative remarks pretending to be a claret and, as usual a nasty side-swipe at Barry Kilby.
I pointed out what the crack was to another poster who was falling for the bait and then when you read the posts further down you can see he forgets to log out as one of his names and starts to ramble as another person.
Ignore this clown who pretends to one of us and just wants to sh1t stir and whenever possible make snidey remarks about Mr, Kilby and Burnley's finances.
Coming from a B******d fan with all their woes you'd think he'd keep his head down but, given his use of many names and personas and the weird obsession with ALL THINGS Burnley I reckon he's best left alone and well and truly ignored.
NO NAY NEVER
Cut and paste till you go away.
No ones taking you on you foolish man
11:25pm Wed 20 Jun 12
flyingv1 says...
9:26am Thu 21 Jun 12
Harwoodstblue says...
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Now, Where have we heard that before?
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Trouble at 'mill eh?
9:30am Thu 21 Jun 12
colnelad says...
Now where do we start at trampwood avenue hahahahahahahaha i can't be @rsed trying to explain to a retarded thicko git like you and ya boyfriends you must try and work it out your self.
Maybe your a claret fan but finding it hard coming out of the closet ;-)
UTC
9:49am Thu 21 Jun 12
Bluegoose says...
Has for rovers theres to much too say i dont think they will average the usual 30000 this season he reckons burnley will bring a least 250 fans to trapwood. As for you we all know your a closeted man ure fan xxx
9:50am Thu 21 Jun 12
Bluegoose says...
Has for rovers theres to much too say i dont think they will average the usual 30000 this season he reckons burnley will bring a least 250 fans to trapwood. As for you we all know your a closeted man ure fan xxx
10:07am Thu 21 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig says...
12:13pm Thu 21 Jun 12
bobinspain says...
Never heard of one of those. Are they from the same genus as the Rhinoxtapig, or the famous Kangorillapig, much spoken of in military circles?
(My old drill sergeant used to use such terms).
1:26pm Thu 21 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig says...
3:53pm Thu 21 Jun 12
bypass06 says...