One defender in, one defender out before transfer deadline day?
Soccer Football - FA Cup Third Round - Swansea City v Southampton - Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea, Wales, Britain - January 8, 2022 General view during the match Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs
Swansea City look set to complete the loan signing of Manchester City’s 18-year-old defender Fin Burns.
The always reliable journalist and Swans fan Stuart James is breaking the news this evening that Burns is set to join with Brandon Cooper also expected to go out on loan once again.
In other transfer news, QPR are keen to sign Jamie Paterson but both of their submitted bids so far are “well short” of the £750,000 figure that would tempt the Swans to sell – according to BBC Sport’s Gareth Vincent.
Swansea City are set to sign Finley Burns on loan from Manchester City. The 18-year-old central defender made his first-team debut for City earlier in the season, in the Carabao Cup. Signed a five-year contract with City a fortnight ago.https://t.co/D0Kx6QYTiT
— Stuart James (@stujames75) January 28, 2022
I don’t know if this is actually an expression or not but I quite liked Guardiola comparing young #mcfc defender Finley Burns to a watch ⌚️ pic.twitter.com/ktXgA59ceO
— Simon Bajkowski (@spbajko) September 22, 2021
Premier League giants Manchester City paid £175,000 to Southend United for the 13-year-old five years ago. So far he has only played under-23 PL2 Division 1 league so this would be quite the level up for the teenager.
Manchester City pay record £175,000 to sign 13-YEAR-OLD sensation Finley Burns from Southend https://t.co/t2XSIheHT2 #MCFC
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) January 20, 2017