{"id":7237,"date":"2022-01-25T09:02:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/25\/burnley-make-breakthrough-in-7-million-pound-deal-for-croatian-forward\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T09:02:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:02:51","slug":"burnley-make-breakthrough-in-7-million-pound-deal-for-croatian-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/25\/burnley-make-breakthrough-in-7-million-pound-deal-for-croatian-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley make \u201cbreakthrough\u201d in 7 million pound deal for Croatian forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Burnley have made a breakthrough in their pursuit of Croatian forward Mislav Orsic, according to the reliable Mike McGrath.<\/p>\n<p>The Dinamo Zagreb forward is well known to Tottenham fans, having netted a hat-trick to send them crashing out of last seasons Europa League, while he also scored against West Ham earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>And now, he could be coming to the Premier League before the end of the window, with Sean Dyche\u2019s side having made a \u201cbreakthrough\u201d in a deal worth around 7 million pounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Burnley have made breakthrough in deal worth \u00a37m for Croatia midfielder Mislav Or\u0161i\u0107 from Dinamo Zagreb. More on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeleFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Clarets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Clarets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dinamozagreb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dinamozagreb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurnleyFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BurnleyFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jGIq90mZvK\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/jGIq90mZvK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike McGrath (@mcgrathmike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcgrathmike\/status\/1485957197955801094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Lancashire club are in desperate need of attacking reinforcements, offering next to nothing going forwards against Arsenal in the absence of Maxwel Cornet, currently at the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The sale of Chris Wood means that they head into the final days of the transfer window with money to spend, and could yet do more deals.<\/p>\n<h2>What other deals could be done?<\/h2>\n<p>It is clear that Burnley\u2019s needs are in the final third, with a creative midfielder and another striker needed in an ideal world.<\/p>\n<p>So far, they have had enquiries for Seko Fofana, a midfielder currently impressing at Lens, knocked back, but could yet go back in for the Ivorian.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lens turn down offer from Burnley for S\u00e9ko Fofana (26) \u2013 the club have no intention of selling the midfielder this window. (RMC)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dYX5JRfMuy\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/dYX5JRfMuy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Get French Football News (@GFFN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GFFN\/status\/1481601859953516547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, they also hold an interest in striker Serhou Guirassy, although it is unclear what stage any potential deal is at.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Burnley lead a group of English clubs keen on Rennes striker Serhou Guirassy (25) who is frustrated over his lack of game time. Saint-\u00c9tienne are also keen. (FM)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/khFdJv8LS2\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/khFdJv8LS2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Get French Football News (@GFFN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GFFN\/status\/1484837054412427265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-handed-arthur-boost-but-vlahovic-pursuit-over-as-juventus-plot-double-swoop\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal handed Arthur boost but Vlahovic pursuit over as Juventus plot double swoop<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/tottenham-open-talks-with-serie-a-midfielder-and-adama-traore-latest\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Tottenham \u201copen talks\u201d with Serie A midfielder and Adama Traore latest<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burnley have made a breakthrough in their pursuit of Croatian forward Mislav Orsic, according to the reliable Mike McGrath. The Dinamo Zagreb forward is well known to Tottenham fans, having netted a hat-trick to send them crashing out of last seasons Europa League, while he also scored against West Ham earlier this season. And now, [&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-7237","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\/7237","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=7237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}