Burnley are making efforts to sign Ajax’s Mohamed Daramy, according to BT in Denmark.
The Eredivisie side took the winger from FC Copenhagen in 2021 and sent him back on loan to the Danish club last season, where he managed nine goals and seven assists from 41 games.
Back in April, Burnley manager Vincent Kompany watched Copenhagen’s 2-1 win over FC Nordsjælland. The 21-year-old impressed in this match, scoring the equaliser.
The Denmark international was one of the standout players at FC Copenhagen last season and it’s claimed Kompany has ‘completely fallen in love’ with him.
Ajax paid around DKK 100m [€13.4m] and the report says Burnley are negotiating to sign the attacker for a fee greater than what the Dutch club invested.
In fact, BT state the Clarets are ‘ready to pay’ €16m for Daramy. This would allow Ajax to make a profit from the sale of a player who won’t have a vital role next season.
The website adds Daramy has interest from other clubs while also suggests the Premier League ‘currently looks like’ his next potential destination. It needs to be seen if Burnley can get the deal over the line in the ‘coming days or weeks’.
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The 24-year-old helped Russell Martin’s side to a 2-1 win against Sheffield Wednesday during their first game of the Championship season on Friday night.
Tella thought he had given the Saints the lead when his long-range strike flew into the far corner, but the goal was eventually credited to striker Adam Armstrong after the ball took a slight deflection off his head.
Nevertheless, the former Burnley loan star was happy to get off the mark with an assist in his first game back for his parent club.
Speculation has continuously swirled since the end of last season that Tella could return to Turf Moor on a permanent basis, after firing in 19 goals on Burnley’s way to the Championship title.
But when asked if his long-term future remains at St Mary’s Stadium, Tella gave very little away with his response.
“Honestly, I’m just focusing on the next game,” he told Sky Sports.
It comes after Burnley chairman Alan Pace caused something of a stir last week by sharing a “Free Nathan Tella” video created by his daughter.
Ashlyn Pace-Ferguson posted a TikTok video which calls for Tella to be “freed” from his current club Southampton.
The video, accompanied by The Specials’ Free Nelson Mandela track, sees Ashlyn pin up a number of posters in and around the club’s Turf Moor stadium.
Tella is pictured on the poster alongside the words: “Missing! Last seen smiling – Burnley. Responds to ‘Nathan Tella baby’. Have you seen him?”
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