Egan-Riley rejects Clarets contract offerpublished at 19:25 BST 11 June 2025
19:25 BST 11 June 2025
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Burnley defender CJ Egan-Riley has turned down a contract offer to pursue a move to France.
The 22-year-old had been offered a "significant long-term contract" by the Clarets but the club confirmed they have been informed by the representatives of Egan-Riley that it has now been formally rejected.
The England Under-21 international played 41 times in the Championship last season and was part of the record-breaking defence that helped secure Burnley promotion back to the Premier League.
Clarets boss Scott Parker had previously been hopeful of keeping Egan-Riley at the club going into the new campaign.
Speaking in April, Parker said: "I am confident. I know both the players [Egan-Riley and Josh Brownhill] have loved this year and been vital to what we've done.
"Obviously you never know, but hopefully we can get to a point where we'll have a bit of clarity on that."
In a statement on Wednesday, Burnley said: "The club remains focused on strengthening the squad as we look ahead to the forthcoming Premier League season and further announcements will be made in due course."
Lions up, Watford down? The 2025 Championship tablepublished at 12:37 BST 10 June 2025
12:37 BST 10 June 2025
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Watford are getting relegated, Plymouth are staying up, Millwall are in the play-offs and Portsmouth are also battling for a top-six spot.
Does something sound a bit off? Well, that's what would have happened if the Championship season started on 1 January.
Here's a look at the 2025 calendar year table, showing who the form sides were in the second half of the season and who went into freefall.
Perhaps the most notable difference between the actual final top six and the 2025 version is that Millwall would be in the play-offs and Premier League-bound Sunderland would not.
Burnley and Leeds still comfortably occupy the automatic promotion spots, albeit the Clarets would be unbeaten at the top of the pile with the Whites in second.
Coventry improved significantly after Frank Lampard replaced Mark Robins and are third over the course of the year.
The Sky Blues would instead be pitted against Bristol City in the play-off semi-final as opposed to Sunderland. Who knows what difference that would have made to their promotion bid...
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Portsmouth - who spent much of the season battling relegation and only secured their Championship safety with two games to spare - are seventh and just one point outside a play-off spot.
Pompey sit above Sunderland, who lost their final five games of the season and are down in eighth.
The data perhaps shows just how long Regis Le Bris' side effectively had a play-off spot sewn up before their victory at Wembley against Sheffield United to claim promotion.
Relegation battlers Oxford find themselves seven places higher than where they actually finished in the 2024-25 campaign (17th), reflecting the good work done by Gary Rowett after he took over as boss from Des Buckingham.
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Plymouth would have survived comfortably had the season begun in January 2025, showing a significant uptick after Miron Muslic replaced Wayne Rooney at the helm.
Middlesbrough tailed off significantly in the second half of the season, underpinning why they missed out on the play-offs. It was a drop off that ultimately cost Michael Carrick his job as head coach.
Norwich City conceded more goals (32) than any other side in 2025, which counteracted the hard work they'd done at the other end, having been the fourth top scorers (31) since the turn of the year.
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Watford had a disappointing 2025, winning just five of their 23 games and losing 13 to finish bottom of the calendar year table.
The Hornets had the joint-worst goal difference along with Cardiff (-10) and head coach Tom Cleverley was sacked following the end of the season.
Preston and Cardiff won the fewest games of any side in 2025 (4), which cost the Bluebirds their Championship status and almost led to the Lilywhites dropping into League One as they avoided relegation by one point.
Paul Heckingbottom's side would be down if only games this year were counted.
Luton and Derby scored the fewest goals in 2025 (19) and attacking output was an issue that plagued both sides throughout the entire campaign.
It had major consequences for the Hatters with back-to-back relegations, while the Rams survived by a point - and only on goal difference in the yearly table.
Burnley 'need to do serious business' - fan views on deadline daypublished at 08:09 BST 10 June 2025
08:09 BST 10 June 2025
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We asked for your views on whether Burnley need to act urgently in the transfer market as the first of the two windows this summer closes on Tuesday.
Here are some of your comments:
William: We have a decent squad, some of the extremities can hopefully be sold; the likes of Mike Tresor, Michael Obafemi, Hannes Delcroix and Darko Churlinov. We have decent players returning from loan, such as the likes of Zeki Amdouni and Hjalmar Ekdal, who would be decent replacements for what might be the departing Josh Brownhill and CJ Egan-Riley.
I think our main two foci should be keeping what we have and signing a new striker. We got away with Brownhill being top scorer in the Championship, but it won't fly in the Premier League. The club needs to do serious business to get a, preferably proven, 20-goal-per season striker if they want to remain in the top flight next season.
Mark: We need to sign a striker before this window closes but don't know who. I know I don't want Jamie Vardy - he is past it now.
Ian: If we lose our central defensive partnership from last season - CJ Egan-Riley and Maxime Esteve - which is looking likely, we will struggle to get replacements good enough for the Premier League.
Follow transfer deadline daypublished at 08:02 BST 10 June 2025
08:02 BST 10 June 2025
Today is the first of two transfer deadline days this summer as the window shuts for seven days before reopening on 16 June.
In a change to the summer transfer window norm, it opened early to allow clubs involved in the Fifa Club World Cup 10 days to sign players for inclusion in the competition.
Whether it turns out to be a day of transfer action or a pretty quiet one for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.
Gossip: Esteve reunion will cost Kompany £50mpublished at 07:00 BST 10 June 2025
07:00 BST 10 June 2025
Burnley have valued their 23-year-old French centre-back Maxime Esteve at £50m amid interest from Bayern Munich, who are managed by former Clarets boss Vincent Kompany. (Football Insider), external
🎧 Rise of American ownership in English footballpublished at 11:07 BST 9 June 2025
11:07 BST 9 June 2025
It is not just at the top of the Premier League where American ownership has a foothold in English football.
Twenty years on from the Glazer takeover of Manchester United, one third of the 72 EFL clubs now have either majority or minority US backers.
In a special episode of BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast, Kelly Cates is joined by a group of experts to investigate whether this trend is likely to continue.
Do you want business on deadline day?published at 08:34 BST 9 June 2025
08:34 BST 9 June 2025
On Tuesday, the first of two summer transfer windows will come to a close.
So, do you expect business to be done at Burnley before the deadline? Do you want players to come in or exit? If so, what or who do you think is needed?
How should Burnley approach Premier League return?published at 09:59 BST 5 June 2025
09:59 BST 5 June 2025
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We asked for your questions for BBC Sport pundit Nedum Onuoha on your Premier League club.
Jonathon asked Nedum what resources Scott Parker will need to keep Burnley in the top-flight.
In terms of squad building over the last few years, Burnley have ended up having a squad which has gone up in value by a significant amount, more so than other teams we've seen.
Maybe that continues to be the model with young players who can continue to develop and be sellable.
These players have that desire to do well and to improve, and I'd primarily give them the chance to do it.
You have the young squad they still have now - if you then decide to just invest money into older players, with the objective of just staying in the Premier League, then what happens to your medium to long-term plan in terms of how the football club is designed to operate?
I think you've got to create the foundation of who you are and stick to it. If you react to the results, because it's the Premier League, then I think you can lose your identity very, very quickly.
That identity, once it's lost, is a very hard thing to build back and you have to start all over again.
It sounds a bit dull if you are a Burnley fan, but stick with the process. Clubs that manage to maintain their identity, can end up doing well. Brentford, for example. They never really deviated away from the model that they have, and now they're an established Premier League side.
I think if they would have just gone up and decided to just invest in, say, players who are 28, 31, 32, the club would have changed completely. And who's to say that they'd still be in the league the way that they are now? So yeah, stick with the plan.
I think Scott Parker knows what his team's strengths and weaknesses are. He's managed in the Premier League before and has a good idea of what is required to stay up and how the players he has can perform in the style of play he wants.
I think for some of those players who were still at Burnley, who were there last time when they were in the Premier League, they want a second chance at this. They want to be able to show how good they are.
You'll probably see growth from some of those players to start with and then it's down to how Parker builds around that. I think you've got to stick with the plan of not spending lots of money on players, but then also be looking at some young players who are looking to put their mark down in the Premier League and, for the club, for their value to go up.
What can promoted clubs spend this summer?published at 14:11 BST 2 June 2025
14:11 BST 2 June 2025
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Having been in the Championship for two years out of the past three, Burnley may need to be conservative with their PSR loss limited to £61m.
Aside from Sunderland, the Clarets are the only Premier League side yet to go above the £20m mark in a single player purchase.
The Black Cats' return to the top flight via the play-offs comes with the knowledge they will be able to reinforce significantly for the step up in class that awaits.
Enzo le Fee's loan move from Roma in January included an obligation-to-buy clause and the French midfielder could well kick-start a recruitment drive with Sunderland in good financial shape.
"Since being relegated from the Premier League in 2017, Sunderland have not spent more than £10m in a single year on player signings, despite receiving parachute payments, and they have only made losses of £18m in the last two seasons," said football finance expert Kieran Maguire.
Leeds, who finished top of the second tier are in a less fortunate position.
"They will have to box clever in terms of recruitment," continued Maguire.
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