{"id":7439,"date":"2022-01-27T06:03:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/27\/burnley-identify-wolfsburg-striker-as-chris-wood-replacement-and-the-latest-on-mislav-orsic\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T06:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:03:40","slug":"burnley-identify-wolfsburg-striker-as-chris-wood-replacement-and-the-latest-on-mislav-orsic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/27\/burnley-identify-wolfsburg-striker-as-chris-wood-replacement-and-the-latest-on-mislav-orsic\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley identify Wolfsburg striker as Chris Wood replacement and the latest on Mislav Orsic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Two weeks after seeing Chris Wood depart to Newcastle, it appears that Burnley have identified their replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Wood left after his release clause had been met by the Tyneside club, who stumped up 25 million pounds to take him away from their relegation rivals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019ve got Wood. ?<\/p>\n<p>\u26ab\ufe0f\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aEXYb3rd7d\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aEXYb3rd7d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFC\/status\/1481553091577233408?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>However, it seems as though this money will be reinvested in key areas by Burnley and Sean Dyche, with an agreement close for the transfer of Mislav Orsic, who Tottenham fans will still have nightmares about.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Burnley agree \u00a37m deal with Dinamo Zagreb for Mislav Orsic. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcgrathmike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mcgrathmike<\/a> reports.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HSwBL0Yhq4\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/HSwBL0Yhq4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1485963525025681408?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 Croatian forward scored a hat-trick against the Lilywhites last season to send them crashing out of the Europa League in shock fashion.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the club seem to have identified their next target too.<\/p>\n<h2>Wolfsburg\u2019s Weghorst watched<\/h2>\n<p>This comes in the form of Wolfsburg forward Wout Weghorst, who has long been touted with a move away from Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands striker, who stands at 6 feet 5 inches tall, is having a slow season by his standards, with just six goals and one assist to his name in 18 appearances thus far.<\/p>\n<p>However, the striker has netted over 15 goals in all of his previous three seasons in the German top flight, while he has scored more than 10 in his previous 6 seasons at the top level.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Had confirmation reps of Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst are in talks with clubs from Premier League. One understood to be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurnleyFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BurnleyFC<\/a>. Further discussions expected to take place today. 18 months left on contract in Germany. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TwitterClarets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TwitterClarets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Taylor (@RyanTaylorSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanTaylorSport\/status\/1486623660475654145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And, having just 18 months left on his current deal, the 29-year-old could be available on the cheap. He would certainly be a very acceptable replacement for Chris Wood should he hit the ground running.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/arsenal-seek-out-eredivisie-star-as-potential-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-replacement\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal seek out Eredivisie star as potential Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replacement<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/liverpool-turn-down-loan-bid-for-nat-phillips-as-two-clubs-circle\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Liverpool turn down loan bid for Nat Phillips as two clubs circle<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks after seeing Chris Wood depart to Newcastle, it appears that Burnley have identified their replacement. Wood left after his release clause had been met by the Tyneside club, who stumped up 25 million pounds to take him away from their relegation rivals. We\u2019ve got Wood. ? \u26ab\ufe0f\u26aa\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/aEXYb3rd7d \u2014 Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) [&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-7439","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\/7439","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=7439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}