{"id":20288,"date":"2022-06-06T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/06\/first-player-confirms-burnley-exit-following-premier-league-relegation\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T09:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:01:04","slug":"first-player-confirms-burnley-exit-following-premier-league-relegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/06\/first-player-confirms-burnley-exit-following-premier-league-relegation\/","title":{"rendered":"First player confirms Burnley exit following Premier League relegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>January arrival Wout Weghorst has confirmed that he will be leaving relegated Burnley this summer while on international duty with the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>The striker arrived as a replacement for Chris Wood in January, joining from German side Wolfsburg. However, despite a strong start he could not deliver the goals that his side desperately needed in order to avoid the drop, managing just 2 in 20 appearances for the Lancashire side.<\/p>\n<p>And, as the dust settles, it seems as though he will be packing his bags this summer, either on loan or permanently, as he targets a spot in Louis Van Gaal\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have clearly agreed in advance that I will not play in the Championship\u2019, he told Dutch media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wout Weghorst confirms he will leave Burnley this summer, on loan or permanently, \u201cWe have clearly agreed in advance that I will not play in the Championship\u201d (VI)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dutch Football ?? (@FootballOranje_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootballOranje_\/status\/1533402188751437824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear where his next destination lies, though sides in Turkey have been credited with an interest.<\/p>\n<h2>Mass exodus in the works<\/h2>\n<p>Weghorst is among many players set to depart this summer, with the Burnley squad littered with Premier League-level talent and likely to be picked apart as clubs look to take advantage of the Lancashire club\u2019s financial peril.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive stalwarts Ben Mee and James Tarkowski are expected to leave for free when their contracts run out this summer, while Josh Brownhill also has interest in him and England international Nick Pope will almost certainly be angling for a move away to ensure his place in November\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?Understand that Burnley expect captain Ben Mee to leave this summer and not sign a new contract, as things stand. CB has interest in him.<\/p>\n<p>Losing both him and James Tarkowski would leave a huge hole to fill. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterclarets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterclarets<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJSB06eSvR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/BJSB06eSvR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Jones (@adjones_journo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adjones_journo\/status\/1532255698578558977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Further forwards, both Maxwel Cornet and Dwight McNeil are also set to be subject to Premier League interest, with the pair having proved themselves well-equipped to succeed in the top flight.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/gabriel-jesus-offered-to-real-madrid-as-arsenal-and-tottenham-push-for-striker\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Gabriel Jesus \u2018offered\u2019 to Real Madrid as Arsenal and Tottenham push for striker<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"page-top-info col-xs-12 \">\n<h3 id=\"breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/thats-the-dumbest-thing-to-do-premier-league-defenders-sent-warning-over-manchester-citys-erling-haaland\/\" rel=\"v:url\">\u2018That\u2019s the dumbest thing to do \u2018: Premier League defenders sent warning over Manchester City\u2019s Erling Haaland<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January arrival Wout Weghorst has confirmed that he will be leaving relegated Burnley this summer while on international duty with the Netherlands. The striker arrived as a replacement for Chris Wood in January, joining from German side Wolfsburg. However, despite a strong start he could not deliver the goals that his side desperately needed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}