Mike Garlick World Cup News

Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 in the final game of day five of the World Cup after Switzerland beat Cameroon, Uruguay were held to a goalless draw against South Korea and Portugal beat Ghana in a thriller. The Tottenham striker scored both of the game's goals in the second half, with the second a beautiful volley which lit up the match. It wasn't all good news for Brazil however, with Neymar going off injured following some rough treatment.

A good victory like this shows the team are in a good shape to go for the trophy and this is important. The second-half showed that if Brazil avoid making mistakes at the back then the goal will come as it did yesterday. Brazil are in Group G of the tournament. Who knows whats next in this World Cup, I mean Wales just lost 2-0 to Iran. Anything can happen. Follow Mike Garlick online here. 

 

 Burley FC Fixture News

More upcoming fixtures include Burnley FC vs Reading, who are currently 8th in the league on Saturday the 29th of October. Mike Garlick's team will play Rotheram in the third upcoming fixture. Rotheram are currently 12th in the league and so Burnley are expected to win. Kompany is said to be delighted with their teams winning streak. 

 The £65m loan to buy Burnley – and what it means if they go down

Welcome back to the Burnley Football Club blog. Here we will go through the latest news from the Clarets. Subscribe for the latest news on Mike Garlick and the team here. ALK Capital’s takeover of Burnley took place in December 2020 yet we had to wait until the club’s June 2021 accounts were published late on Wednesday night to ascertain the full picture of what is happening at Turf Moor.

Why? Well, ALK purchased the club through a leveraged buyout, taking out a substantial loan from MSD Holdings and also using the club’s own money in the bank to fund the £170 million deal.

One of the most notable figures confirmed is the size of the loan taken out by ALK, which is £65 million. It is the implications of how and when that must be paid back that need our attention.

The loan was secured to be paid back in December 2025, with ALK only paying interest on it until then. However, that agreement is only in place if Burnley remain in the Premier League. If they are relegated in the next three weeks, they will be required to pay a “significant proportion” of the £65 million shortly after the end of this season, with the repayment schedule brought forward.

Burnley sit 16th in the Premier League, two points above the bottom three. It is a precarious position entering the final four matches of the season.

If anybody needed further clarity that ALK did not sack Sean Dyche three weeks ago to begin planning for a fresh start in the Championship, then this is exactly why. It was the last roll of the dice from chairman Alan Pace to try to save Burnley by putting a fresh voice in charge and hoping for a response from the players — one that Mike Jackson has got, having taken 10 points from his first four games in interim charge.

However, if Burnley cannot finish above either Leeds United or Everton when the music stops after their season finale at home to Newcastle United on Sunday May 22, things change significantly.

Should Burnley go down and not come straight back up in 2023, a further significant reduction of the loan balance would also take place in the following season. In other words, another big chunk of that £65 million would need to be paid back.

How Burnley would manage that situation would depend on how much of the parachute payments — the cash given to clubs relegated from the Premier League for the next three years they play in the Football League — would be available to them after MSD takes its slice for repaying its loan to ALK.

A clause in the loan agreement means MSD can demand early repayment if Burnley drop into the Championship. After that, it will be a case of reducing wages for players and staff, which will largely be achieved via relegation clauses in their contracts.

Player trading would also be expected to be a source of net income, which is common for many clubs who lose their Premier League status. Nick Pope, Maxwel Cornet, Wout Weghorst and Dwight McNeil are the four most obvious names that clubs would consider buying for cut-price fees. A post-relegation fire sale at Turf Moor is possible.

Burnley Football Club Twitter News

 The Club are once again opening the doors of the Papa John’s FanZone later this month for our trip to Watford.

Over 400 fans attended the FanZone to watch the Clarets open their account in the Sky Bet Championship with a 1-0 victory away at Huddersfield Town.

Vincent Kompany got quite the reception on Saturday 👏

We've missed that roar! 😍 pic.twitter.com/bEV2i8EBW9

— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) August 8, 2022

 💬 "I’m still finding my way. I still need to get to know all the guys very well, and they need to get to know me so we can have a better understanding...I hope to keep improving all season."

Menuel Benson is excited for the season ahead ⤵️

 Kompany is welcomed to Burnley FC

Weclome to the Mike Garlick unofficial Burnley FC football club blog. The Belgian ex-footballer has been appointment The Clarets new manager. Burnley chairman Alan Pace has moved to appoint Vincent Kompany as the man to revive club's fortunes. Alan Pace has welcomed him to the club. 

Burnley had been in talks with former Manchester City captain Kompany regarding their managerial position, following the decision to part company with long-serving boss Sean Dyche in April.

Mike Jackson stepped into the hotseat as caretaker manager but was unable to keep the club in the Premier League, with a 2-1 final-day defeat at home to Newcastle consigning the Clarets to relegation to the Championship.

Mike Jackson stepped into the hotseat as caretaker manager but was unable to keep the club in the Premier League, with a 2-1 final-day defeat at home to Newcastle consigning Burnley to relegation to the league.

 Kompany takes over in Lancashire at a pivotal time with a total of fourteen people leaving the club at the end of last season, with the likes of captain Ben Mee and other first-team regulars James Tarkowski, Aaron Lennon, Phil Bardsley and Erik Pieters among those leaving the club.

Find out more about the latest Burnley Football Club news on their website. You can also read about Mike Garlick Burnley Football Club online. For the latest news visit the Twitter page and the official club Facebook page. We certainly hope the new manager brings better luck to the club in the coming weeks. Make sure to leave your comments below and subscribe to our sports blog. 

Burnley Football Club has revealed its third kit for the 2021/22 Premier League season which is launching in support of the Alzheimer’s Society.

The adult shirt is on sale online and in-store now with the club pledging to donate £5 to the charity for each sold – a donation which will be matched by the Clarets’ Principal Partner Spreadex.

Fans will also be encouraged to join the club in providing their personal stories of supporting the club which will be used to create a living library of memories hosted on the now entirely free Clarets+ service, for all fans to listen to and enjoy.

Fans can get involved by tweeting the club using #MyTurfMemories or emailing marketing@burnleyfc.com.

Ella Cummins, Burnley FC Head of Commercial Partnerships, said: “We’re truly delighted to be working with the Alzheimer’s Society and supporting an important cause we know is close to the fans’ hearts.

"We are hugely grateful to supporters for every shirt purchased and would also like to extend our thanks to Spreadex for their commitment to this campaign.

“We also look forward to hearing the fans’ unique matchday stories for #MyTurfMemories. Memories can stay with us long after a dementia diagnosis and by talking to and sharing these with people around us we help to keep these memories alive.”

The 2021/22 third shirt utilises a rich two-tone navy textured fabric for a quality, lifestyle aesthetic. It features a crew neckline with rib insert, claret contrast inserts, gold woven applique club crest, embroidered diamond, bespoke back neck sign off, dropped hem with a side vent detail and the official licensed label at the side seam.

You can also purchase the shorts and socks to match. The third-kit shorts are navy knitted with a two-tone textured side panel with claret contrast insert and feature an elasticated waistband, gusset for enhanced movement, internal drawcord, embroidered stacked diamond and tonal club crest.

The socks are navy with a claret contrast hoop at the cuff and feature a gold jacquard stacked diamond and embroidered BFC letters to the leg, a cotton footbed, elastic cuff and instep cool zone technology. Visit the Burnley Football Club website for official club news

The Burnley FC Team training for the upcoming Brentford match

 Burnley transfer news 

Clarets player ‘in line’ for summer exit

Welcome to our Burnley FC football news blog. Here you will find the latest news, views and premier league speculation. Here is the latest from Mike Garlick and his team at Turf Moor.  Burnley face just one further Premier League game in March as they take on Brentford on Saturday. Here are the recent fixtures:

An already important fixture in their survival bid, the crucial nature of it has grown further as other relegation rivals can build momentum in the latter stages of the month as Burnley watch on.

Back in August, officials were told to let small, niggly fouls go – to allow some contact back into the game and help make it more free-flowing.

But Dyche – for a long time a lone voice in the game as regards clamping down on diving – wonders if that lighter touch is still being applied after a number of mystifying refereeing displays recently at Turf Moor.

Given the number of postponed games earlier in the season, it has left a busy schedule ahead for April but the other relegation-threatened sides will play on in March looking to put daylight between themselves and Sean Dyche's side.

There has been nothing that has directly influenced a game, but Dyche feels soft fouls are creeping back into the game.

He said: “I don’t want to cry it in too much, but what I’m worried about at the minute is the performance from the referee on Saturday is going back to two years ago.

“I think we had a really good year last year, when I think everyone - fans alike - seemed happy the game was flowing more.

“Westy got booked and I don’t think he even touched the man, I’ve seen it back and I don’t think he physically touched him, so I’m a little bit worried it’s going to start going backwards.

“The last few weeks I’ve seen it again where players are falling on the floor and referees are giving them immediately, and I thought there were too many of those on Saturday.

“But that was nothing to do with the result, by the way, we didn’t take care of the result, but the bigger picture of what’s going on, I don’t think fans - I certainly don’t want to see it go back to where it was - but over the last three, four weeks I’ve been seeing it again, and I must say I saw it on Saturday, players going down far too easily and the referee giving fouls.”

Find out more about Burnley Football Club, the players and Mike Garlick here. You can also follow Clarets Fan on Twitter for our latest news and updates. Visit the Burnley Football Club website for official club news. Lets hope they keep the goals coming!

Burnley fighting in the Premier League

Former Burnley goalkeeper Paul Robinson views the club's signing of Wout Weghorst as great business. They received £25 million for the 30 year old, which is seen as a good deal for Burnley. What the future holds for the club is unsure, as they are at the foot of the premier league and struggling to gain higher rankings within it. 

The 29-year-old striker made the move to Turf Moor on deadline day, putting pen-to-paper on a three-and-a-half year contract at Turf Moor. Burnley paid an initial fee of £12m - less than half of the money they received for Chris Wood from Newcastle United. He made his goalless premier league debut on Saturday.

Weghorst arrives in the Premier League looking to replicate his goal scoring form in his past club. Robinson, who is usually regardedor heard providing analysis in the media these days, feels the Clarets came out of the January window with a stronger strike-force on Mike Garlick team.

Many Burnley Football fans have been upset about the 0-0 draw against Watford on Saturday. Watford are still without a win since consigning Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to the sack in mid-November, and came into this game with 14 defeats from 20 outings. The last team to survive in the Premier League with a record like that was Southampton. This was nearly 30 years ago. Commenting on the Watford match, Wout said:

''It was a great experience for me. The first time here in the stadium with the fans in the Premier League and I loved it. The most important thing missing though was the three points. We had opportunities [ but it wasn’t enough.'' 

Burnley FC have two big games lined up in the coming week, with the Premier League's top guns, Manchester United and Liverpool. If their performance against Watford is anything to go by, it may not result in victory for the Clarets, who need to up their game to compete against the big names in the league.

More sports news from the Premier League coming soon. Find out more about Mike Garlick Burnley Football club, and the team on our blog. Make sure you leave a comment and subscribe for more news coming soon. More posts from Turf Moor and the Clarets on the way.