REPORT CLAIMS BURNLEY HAVE JUST MADE A £16M TRANSFER AFTER DEAL TRIGGERED
Burnley have now triggered the £16 million purchase clause in the contract of summer signing Mike Tresor Ndayishimiye after the former Genk ace made his fifth Premier League appearance under Vincent Kompany.
As harsh at it may sound, Mike Tresor is arguably at risk of becoming a posterboy for Burnley’s struggles back in the top flight.
Yes, there is plenty of style, but where is the substance? The club’s marquee summer signing has flattered to deceive so far, yet to score or provide an assist under Kompany while underwhelming both from open play and in set-piece scenarios – supposedly Tresor’s specialty.
Nonetheless, due to the terms of his contract, Burnley have already turned Tresor’s loan deal into a permanent transfer to the tune of £16 million, while handing the Belgium international a five-year deal at Turf Moor (De Morgen).
Burnley sign Mike Tresor permanently
Tresor officially becomes a Burnley player after featuring for the fifth time in the Premier League over the weekend, coming off the bench late on in the 2-1 defeat to AFC Bournemouth. Another game in which the hapless Lancastrians were left counting the cost of individual errors. Not to mention defending which doesn’t quite do the word ‘slack’ enough justice.
Better things were expected of a Burnley side who cruised to the Championship title last season, breaking the 100 point barrier along the way. Ditto Tresor. No player in any of Europe’s big or even-medium-sized leagues could rival his tally of 24 assists in all competitions last term.
That devilish delivery from out wide, however, has been in short supply since he crossed the Channel.
‘Kompany pushed the hardest’
“The biggest clubs in Italy wanted him, but they no longer want to pay astronomical sums after the failure of (former Club Brugge ace Charles De Ketelaere at Milan. Spanish clubs also wanted Tresor,” the playmaker’s agent, Sacha Yakovenko, told La Derniere Heure a few weeks back.
“But it was Kompany who pushed the hardest and got him.”
And it will be Kompany, if things don’t work out for Burnley or Tresor, who will find himself with plenty of questions to answer.
