BURNLEY have had a club record-equalling £15million transfer bid accepted for Lyon’s Maxwel Cornet.
According to Sky Sports the fee will be paid across five instalments, with the 24-year-old now having the final decision on whether to move to Turf Moore.
SunSport exclusively revealed on Saturday that Sean Dyche was willing to match Lyon’s asking price for the Ivory Coast international.
The sizeable bid made by the Clarets matches the club’s record fee paid to sign centre-back Ben Gibson from Middlesbrough in 2018.
The Lancashire side will offer the pacey left sided player around £45k per week in order to try and tempt him into a move to the Premier League.
Cornet can play either at left-wing or left-back and will be offered a pay-off by Lyon should he leave because he did not ask for a move away.
And the Ligue 1 outfit already have their replacement after Chelsea left-back Emerson joined the club on loan last week.
Cornet will be their third signing of the summer after a £12million move for former Stoke centre-back Nathan Collins and Wayne Hennessey’s arrival on a free transfer.
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SunSport exclusively reported that Cornet was keen on a move to German side Hertha Berlin, but Burnley tabled a better offer.
That’s thanks to added funds for Dyche from the club’s new American owners.
And Burnley are expected to announce that the boss has put pen-to-paper on a contract extension after the 50-year-old has been impressed by the club’s intent this window.
The signing of Cornet would represent a major coup with the versatile left-sided player a mainstay in Lyon’s first team.
He only missed two games for the club last season and has played 252 games for the club in six years since arriving from German side Metz in 2015.
During that time he has netted an impressive 52 goals and provided 29 assists.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
