No Burnley interest in reported target Mbombo

Speculation linking Burnley with Rapid Vienna left back Boli Mbombo is wide of the mark.
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The Clarets were linked with the 23-year-old - the cousin of Manchester United frontman Romelu Lukaku - in the national media, with newly-relegated Huddersfield Town also credited with an interest.

Both were supposedly considering a £3million move for Mbombo, to try and head off other interested parties.

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Burnley are certainly looking for competition for Charlie Taylor, after Stephen Ward left the club in the summer following a five-year stay at Turf Moor.

But I understand Mbomo - who started his career back in Belgium with Club Brugge - is not a player who has been earmarked.