Transfer news: Sunderland have agreed to splash in £14m Burnley midfielder as the veteran set to sign the deal in the next 4 hours…
Sunderland have been linked with the £14million midfielder ahead of the transfer window
The transfer window is set to re-open this month ahead of the 2024-25 season with the Black Cats needing reinforcements to bolster their squad as they bid to improve on last campaign’s 16th-place finish.
Twine, 24, came up through the ranks at Swindon Town as a youngster after a previous stint with Southampton. The midfielder broke into the EFL club’s team early and made 59 appearances in all competitions as Swindon bounced between League One and League Two.
A move to MK Dons followed for Twine, where he scored 20 times in 50 appearances for the club before being signed by Burnley. However, the attacking midfielder has only made 18 appearances for The Clarets since joining in 2022 and spent last season on loan in the Championship with Hull City and Bristol City.
The Sun have stated that Twine, who joined Burnley from MK Dons for a fee believed to be around £4million, will leave Turf Moor this summer as the club look to bounce back in the Championship after last season’s relegation from the Premier League.
Their report also adds that League One club Birmingham City are “keen” on Twine and have already “made an inquiry”. However, they also say that Sunderland and former loan club Bristol City “may join in the auction”.
Sunderland, however, are still looking for their next head coach with owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus stating that the process to appoint Michael Beale’s permanent successor was entering its final stages last Friday.
Twine joined the Clarets back in 2022 following an impressive 2021/22 season at then-League One outfit MK Dons.
Registering 20 goals and 13 assists in the league for MK that term, that was enough to persuade the Lancashire side to secure a move for the player.
Unfortunately, the 2022/23 campaign didn’t exactly go to plan for the player, who spent a decent chunk of the season out injured and was unable to establish himself as a key starter under Vincent Kompany when he did return.
Scoring three goals in 14 league appearances, with more than half of these displays coming from the bench, it was unclear whether he was going to remain at Turf Moor following their promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, he secured a summer loan move away from Turf Moor, heading to Hull City before making the temporary switch to Bristol City during the winter window.
Although he was unable to register the volume of goals and assists that he did at MK Dons during the 2021/22 season, he has seemingly done enough to attract interest from plenty of clubs in recent times.
