ODOBERT ANNOUNCEMENT: JOININ THE CLARETS

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Burnley Football Club are pleased to confirm the arrival of France U20 international Wilson Odobert from Troyes for an undisclosed fee. The 18-year-old forward has signed a five-year deal at Turf Moor and joins as the ninth new summer signing. The 18-year-old joins from French side Troyes, who were relegated from Ligue 1 last season.

After becoming a Claret, Odobert said: “The project here excited me, I really liked it. The manager, the team, the town. I really love it and it’s a really good project for me.

Wilson Odobert (born 28 November 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Burnley fc. Commenting on the move, the new Burnley Football Club player said: “I want to play as much as possible at Burnley. Do as well as I can with the team, stay in the team and play the best I possibly can for the Club.”

Born in Meaux, Odobert joined Paris Saint Germain’s academy in 2017 and progressed through the academy ranks before rejecting a professional deal with the Club last year and opting to join Troyes to play first team football.

The winger made 32 appearances in Ligue 1 for Troyes last season and scored four goals as the teenager impressed during his first campaign South East of Paris. Odobert has represented France from U16 to U20 level, being capped three times for the latter and scoring once.

The teenager added: "I like to play attacking football, to dribble with the ball and use my pace. I am ready for the Premier League now; it's going to be amazing."

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Burnley vs Cardiff City

Today Burnley will play Cardiff City, and we have a sneaking suspicion, they will win! Welcome back to the Mike Garlick Burnley Football Club blog. Welcome back to the Mike Garlick football club blog, where we will bring you all the latest news from the Clarets. Manager Vincent Kompany hopes top scorer Nathan Tella will be able to play some part in the final game.

A lot of players have recently been injured, but the team have reinforcements to cover them. Jordan Beyer and Hjalmar Ekdal have been out of contention recently because of injury. Anass Zaroury and Johann Berg Gudmundsson both missed the win at Ashton Gate but should return on Monday.

Ashley Barnes is set to leave Turf Moor at the end of the title-winning season. In nine years at Burnley, he has scored 53 goals in 292 appearances. Former Bournemouth goalkeeper Ryan Allsop was substituted during last month’s draw against Stoke City with an abductor injury. Jak Alnwick has deputised.

Republic of Ireland striker Callum Robinson has been absent since February with a hamstring injury. Winger Callum O’Dowda was substituted with concussion during the crucial win at Rotherham United. He is likely to miss the Burnley game.

Striker Kion Etete was withdrawn after 15 minutes of the Rotherham game and is a doubt for Monday’s final game. Cardiff City’s manager Sabri Lamouchi has confirmed on-loan defender Cedric Kipre will miss the game after he underwent an operation last week. Ebou Adams and Jamilu Collins are making good progress from long-term injuries but may not be risked.

Before they can receive the trophy and officially be crowned as champions of the Sky Bet Championship, Burnley first host Cardiff City at Turf Moor on Monday afternoon in their 54th and final game at 3pm TODAY.

The Clarets head into the last day of a spectacular season knowing that the party can start post-game, but before it does, there’s a job to be done with a century of points still within reach following last weekend’s win at Bristol City.

Close to 3000 travelling fans were rewarded with a 2-1 victory in the South West against the Robins thanks to goals from Manuel Benson & Jay Rodriguez, the 94th & 95th of the campaign respectively for Burnley.

Additionally, if Vincent Kompany, who just had his contract extended, and his side can mark the final day with another three points against the Bluebirds on home soil, it’d take their tally to 101, the first centurions in the second tier since Leicester City in 2013/14.

A Burnley outfit eyeing a landmark achievement are set to act as hosts, in a Championship final day meeting with Cardiff City on Monday, May 8th. Burnley FC, have long proven themselves the standout side in England’s 2nd tier, clinching promotion before cruising to the title courtesy of just three defeats in 45 outings.

Heading into the season’s final round of fixtures, Vincent Kompany’s troops still have one final goal to play for. This comes in the form of the 100-point mark for the Clarets. Currently, the Clarets sit on 98 points, after recovering from a rare three-game winless streak courtesy of back-to-back downings of Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City over the course of the last couple of weeks.

A win over Cardiff this evening, in turn, would see the Clarets put a cherry on top of what has proven a wonderful campaign, in surging clear of the century mark for points secured. Surely, more greatness is on the horizon for Mike Garlick and his team. Follow all the latest football news on our blog and make sure you leave your comment below and subscribe.

Burnley's Premier League return

Welcome back to the Mike Garlick Burnley FC news page. With a free-flowing, attacking style, savvy recruitment and a rapid rebuild job, here's how Vincent Kompany's Burnley dominated the Championship; Clarets clinched promotion back to the Premier League with 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough on Good Friday. 

"My blood is boiling just hearing the word complacent. It's something I find very difficult as a human being to even accept." Those were the words of Vincent Kompany not too long after Burnley hit the top of the Championship table. And they have not lost a game since. A 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough on Good Friday was enough to see them complete their return to the top flight with seven games to spare, in a season that saw them hit the top of the league in October and not let up since. 

The Man City ex-player has steered Burnley back into the Premier League at the first time of asking and in doing so turned himself into one of the most exciting new young managers in the English game.

With Kompany at the helm next season, Burnley could well be a very different prospect to what they were before in the Premier League. The Clarets, managed by former Man City captain Vincent Kompany, moved 19 points clear of third-placed Luton and, in doing so, ensured automatic promotion.

All eyes were on Kompany's side after Luton, who are fourth in the league table, were unable to win at Millwall and were mathematically ruled out of a top two finish. Kompany's side have been frontrunners for the majority of the season and were expected to be one of the teams to finish in the top two at the end of the year.

The entire team and management staff are pleased with their progress. This evening Burnley will play Rotherham, and we hope they win! The Clarets extended their unbeaten run in the league to 21 matches on Saturday as they took a point from a goalless draw at Reading. 

Sat top, Vincent Kompany’s side are now 12 points clear of Sheffield United in 2nd with both teams having five games left to play. Find out more about Vincent Kompany, Mike Garlick Burnley and the team on online. Make sure you follow and subscribe to our blog for more updates.

 International Men’s Day

 

Club and community arrange activities to encourage conversation on manhood and masculinity

 2021 theme focusses on making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys

 We are proud to support International Men’s Day, which takes place on Friday 19th November.

 The International Men’s Day campaign is growing in the UK year-on-year, with over 200 organisations raising awareness of the cause over the past two years.

 As a Premier League club, Burnley Football Club, along with official charity Burnley FC in the Community, are committed to raising awareness of the campaign with the hope of increasing the focus on men’s mental health and wellbeing.

 This year’s theme is to ‘make a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys,’ focussing on issues such as health and mental wellbeing, fatherhood, employment and education, isolation and loneliness, homelessness and all forms of abuse including domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Highlighting the importance of positive role models for boys and young men, we were proud to initiate conversation by facilitating a roundtable discussion with different male figures from across the club and community department, including participants of community projects and fans. We focussed on eight questions such as ‘what does it mean to be a man?’.

 Encompassing a range of backgrounds and job roles, the group included the club's Head of Matchday Operations Russell Ball, Operations & Facilities Intern Adrian Lecoustre, Burnley FC Inclusion Advisory Board Attendee & Green Party Councillor Scott Cunliffe and Burnley FC Youth Advisory Board Member Liam Williams.

 Male students from Coal Clough Academy and West Craven High School also gave a valuable insight into being a young male in 2021, highlighting the perspectives of different generations.

 Clarets+ commentator Phil Bird, who was in attendance on the day, said: “I come from a generation where you really didn’t open-up. You were told to be expressionless and get on with your life. Despite the trials and tribulations, you may have faced, you were expected to put a face on to hide those emotions. Thankfully, its different now.

 “Having a diverse age group as part of the panel today, really helped me in understanding how far we have come in understanding men’s mental health.”

 A key takeaway message from the discussion was how positive steps have been taken to encourage men to open up and talk about their feelings and their struggles.

 Burnley FC Women Manager, Matt Bee, said: “I think at times a male role model can come across as this perfect superhero.

“However, it’s important to remember we are all human. We all face adversity through different obstacles and at times we can get things wrong. Despite role models having some good aspects, there are also lessons we can learn from mistakes and unfortunate decisions, which is always inevitable.”

 In addition to the roundtable discussion, Burnley FC in the Community Primary & Secondary School Engagement Manager Gwilym Jones and Phil Bird recorded a Podcast with members of the group, to reflect on the roundtable, which is available for all to listen to.

Reflecting on the day, Gurpri Bains, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Burnley FC, said: “As a football club we are in a prime position to positively promote male conversation and encourage an open dialogue around International Men’s Day.

“It was so insightful to listen to the groups open discussion at the roundtable, it was important to bring together people from varied backgrounds, with different experiences and stories to tell. Opening the conversation on what expectations and values are attributed to being a man, the positive and negatives of male stereotyping and delving into the meaning behind the statement man-up.

 “The work International Men’s Day are doing in this area, to encourage conversation, is imperative and we wanted to help support their message that there is support and resources out there for men who may be struggling.”

 The work around mental wellbeing is ongoing at Burnley FC who recently organised mental health training for staff, with 16 staff from across the football club and charity trained as Mental Health First Aiders, the club also recently begun the recruitment for a newly created position of a club psychologist working across the entirety of the club.

 In further commitment to increasing awareness around mental health, Charity, Burnley FC in the Community, offer the Schools’ Mental Wellbeing Project, which is currently delivered in eleven high schools within Burnley and Pendle. The aim of the project is to support young people with their mental wellbeing by having a full time BFCitC Mental Wellbeing Worker, in each of the eleven schools. Find out more about the club and Mike Garlick here.

 Burnley FC v Rochdale match

Welcome to the Clarets fan blog. For all Burnley Football Club fans, we are here. Sean Dyche believes Burnley are better placed to compete on multiple fronts this season, as they prepare to host Rochdale in the third round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.

Dale did themselves proud on the evening at Turf Moor and went ahead against the Premier League side two minutes into the second half, but four goals from Jay Rodriguez put the game beyond Robbie Stockdale’s side, in a score line that arguably flatters the opposition.

The Clarets boss made six changes for the trip to Newcastle in the last round - a tie they won on penalties - and is expected to field a similar side against The Dale.

Players like Nathan Collins, Wayne Hennessey, Phil Bardsley, Erik Pieters, Jack Cork, Aaron Lennon and Jay Rodriguez will be hoping to start against League Two opposition.

After a corner was cleared as far as O’Keeffe, he crossed to Cashman who had a volley blocked. O’Keeffe then rattled a powerful effort narrowly wide of the upright from a short corner. A double Rochdale substitution followed, as Odoh and Dooley made way for Josh Andrews and George Broadbent in the 74th minute. 

Burnley netted a fourth three minutes later, with Rodriguez bagging his fourth of the evening, as he turned home Lennon’s cross from a yard out. Soon after Lynch made a great double save. He firstly kept out substitute Matt Lowton’s fizzing effort before getting down to hold Wood’s strike. 

 

 Rochdale’s third and final substitution came in the 84th minute, with Liam Kelly replacing Cashman, as Burnley saw out the game to secure a 4-1 victory.

A win for Burnley would be their first at Turf Moor since January. Check back on our football blog soon for more Burnley FC news. Find out more about bosses Pace and Mike Garlick here.