Burnley are keeping their sights on Sunderland midfielder Dan Neil, reports Alan Nixon.
Neil, 20, has had a breakthrough season at Sunderland. The youngster had featured 39 times in League One, scoring three and assisting seven to help his side finish inside the top-six.
But the Englishman has been linked with a move away since the turn of the year, with Burnley and then Aston Villa having been linked.
And now, ahead of the summer, and despite Burnley being without a manager, The Sun reporter Nixon says that the Premier League side are ‘keeping their sights’ on Neil ahead of the summer transfer window.
One for the future…
Neil has certainly proved himself to be one of the best youngsters in League One this season. He’s quickly developed an all-round game as a midfielder, becoming a key part of Alex Neil’s side.
But with the Black Cats in the middle of a play-off semi-final bout v Sheffield Wednesday, expect the Wearside club to pay no attention to these transfer rumours for the time being.
If Sunderland can secure promotion though, it would make keeping hold of Neil a lot easier – Burnley, should they have Premier League status going into next season, would of course be an attractive option, but playing Championship football for his boyhood club Sunderland might be more so for Neil.
Burnley is something of a graveyard for young English footballers too, and so Neil might think twice about the move altogether.
