Burnley's Foster joins MLS side Houston on loanpublished at 17:41 BST 3 September
17:41 BST 3 September
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Lyle Foster made 26 Premier League appearances for Burnley last season
Burnley forward Lyle Foster has joined MLS side Houston Dynamo on a loan deal until June 2027.
The 26-year-old joined the Clarets from Belgian side KVC Westerlo in 2023 and went on to win promotion back to the Premier League with the club two years later.
In total the South Africa international has made 99 appearances in all competitions for Burnley, scoring 12 goals.
His deal to join the Texas-based MLS franchise includes the option to make the move permanent.
The Clarets remain 23rd in the table on two points, while Boro are fifth with two wins, one draw and a loss.
Here are some of your comments:
Burnley fans
Andy: Better in the second half but Middlesbrough were easily the better side. Too many passes went astray, too many tackles lost and no striker worthy of the name. Satpaev the best player again meaning we will probably transfer him in January so the owners can make more money. We should look at the free agents, but so disappointing there are no English players in our starting line-up.
Gav: First half the old habits crept in with a cheap goal and lack of effort. We looked like a team that had never played together (which is broadly what we are). Second half was a totally different story. Played well, with a high tempo against a good side in Boro. More confidence and we could have nicked it.
Richard: It's far too early to judge Nicky Hayen and his new squad, but our second-half performance today coupled with our overall performance against West Ham on the opening day bode well for a successful season. Our young loanee Satpaev looks like a wonderful signing and Amdouni had his best second half in a Claret shirt.
Andie: Second half obviously better on the night, but even the first half showed some improvement (not least we didn't concede two goals in the opening five minutes!). New signings looked hopeful, especially Satpaev, and I'm hopeful for Reo Hatate. So, hoping we improve - we need to!
Mark: We were terrible first half. But played a lot better second half - we played like a team with confidence. Satpaev had another good game. We really need to work on our shooting with the strikers, but Flemming is going to be missed. I just hope we can sign a good striker on the free agent list.
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Middlesbrough fans
Martin: Boro should have been out of sight by half-time and poor closing down gave them the goal. Normally, we'd be happy with a point away but should have been all three. We're still settling in and we've got two or three players to come in and make a big difference, then watch us go.
Todo: Need to beat teams that are low on confidence, coming off the back of a good win ourselves.
Buzz: Too slow in getting to the last third then we stop and play it back to the halfway line. We are a team of crabs, sideways... sideways... zzzzzzz… UTB.
Follow EFL transfer deadline daypublished at 08:53 BST 1 September
08:53 BST 1 September
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Transfer deadline day is upon us and today is the final chance for your EFL club to finalise any business until January.
The transfer window closes at 23:00 BST, so we might have some late night scrambles to get deals over the line.
There has already been plenty of movement this summer and whether it's a busy or quiet day for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.
Norwich City 4-1 Burnley - fans' verdictpublished at 12:51 BST 31 August
12:51 BST 31 August
We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Championship match between Norwich City and Burnley.
Here are some of your comments:
Norwich fans
Canary Kid: Much better. Oddly enough, perhaps it comes with following Norwich, I wasn't feeling comfortable, even at 3-0. Burnley, very impressive going forward. They won't be winless for long.
Mark: As much as I was happy with the 4-1 score line, if Burnley had scored (rather than hit the post) at the start of the second half and made it 3-2, it would've been interesting to see how Norwich would've reacted to that.
However, the fast start (two up in five minutes) shocked Burnley and they never really recovered despite getting into the odd good attacking position. Top eight definitely possible if we keep our squad healthy. OTBC.
Keith: That's better - hope Canaries will keep it up. Up The City!
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Burnley fans
Andy: Shambles in defence and weak in midfield. Satpaev the only real positive in a team struggling for confidence. Edwards shouldn't be on the pitch until he gets his desire back - no commitment or energy. The manager needs to pick a side capable of competing and battling for the club. Too many players not giving 100%.
Anthony: I expected Norwich to brush us aside, but not in the first five minutes, after which the game was over as a contest.
No leadership in the club, both on and off the pitch and with many players who simply don't show any desire to stay or play, but just to see out lengthy, lucrative contracts. Achieving 50 points by the season end is no more than a dream.
Graeme: Utterly abysmal. 60% of the possession and unable to do anything with it. Already in the relegation zone and absolutely no confidence that these players are capable of getting out of it.
What do they do in training? The "forwards" obviously don't practice hitting the target. Desperately need several experienced strikers and preferably some decent defenders as well. Otherwise, it's hopeless.
Burnley make Giles offerpublished at 14:10 BST 28 August
14:10 BST 28 August
A Hull City club source tells me that Burnley have made an offer for Ryan Giles but "an answer hasn't been given" in response to that.
Giles was, I'm told, on the club's list of players who were under consideration for being moved on prior to last week's Man Utd win.
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Pick of the stats: Norwich City v Burnleypublished at 15:38 BST 27 August
15:38 BST 27 August
These two sides are yet to register a league win between them in their combined opening four games of the season.
Burnley's point against West Ham on the opening weekend is all these two highly-fancied teams have to show for their efforts so far.
Norwich City have won just one of their past 12 league games against Burnley (D3 L8), their only win coming via a 2-0 home success in April 2022.
Burnley have won each of their past four league games against Norwich City across the 2022-23 and 2024-25 seasons and will be hoping for five successive victories in this fixture for the first time.
After losing their opening two league games this season, Norwich will be hoping to avoid losing their opening three league fixtures of a second-tier campaign for the first time since 1997-98.
Since 1 November 2025, Burnley have won fewer games than any other ever-present team across England's top four tiers, recording just a single win from their 31 matches (D10 L20).
Burnley have failed to win any of their 10 league games without Zian Flemming appearing since the start of last season (D3 L7), losing five of six away matches in that period.
Burnley target more firepower after cup exitpublished at 13:52 BST 27 August
13:52 BST 27 August
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Nicky Hayen arrived at Turf Moor from Belgian club Genk in July
Burnley manager Nicky Hayen admits it has become a matter of urgency for the Clarets to strengthen their strike force before the transfer window closes.
After just four goals in four games this season, Hayen says his side have to sharpen up in front of goal.
"It's a concern because we do enough to create chances and be in the box. We just have to be more clinical," Hayen told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"It's not only this season but also last season that our goal threatening was not enough.
"We're busy with offensive players because the goal threatening has to be higher. We need more competition for each other in the team. Everyone sees that it is urgent now."
Hayen, who succeeded Scott Parker as manager after Burnley's relegation from the Premier League, has a fight on his hands to win over the home support with the club on a run of 17 games without a win inside 90 minutes.
"The season has already started and not in the best way for us but we're really confident we can change things around," said the Belgian.
"If you see through the history of the club, always when we came back from the PL in the Championship we were struggling the first few weeks, then suddenly after one or two months we started and this is something that will happen again."
David: Should have been able to get a result but early spaces and pace couldn't be turned into goals. Inevitable how it finished because the team lacks desire and belief that they can be successful.
MK: Burnley will be swapping leagues with Bradford City come the end of this season. 17 games without a win wow. This is dire. Burnley manager isn't up for the job, 2nd choices normally aren't.
Brads: Very promising, moving the ball quickly. But the same flaws appear time after time. Very weak defensively, powder puff up front.
Gav: We're always poor in the cups against lower league opposition. That aside, right now we're double relegation candidates. The squad isn't good enough and I think the manager knows it. No player delivers consistently and that's what the fans are annoyed about.
Alan: Carrying on from last season. Can't score, can't defend. Only the quality of the opposition saving Burnley from total humiliation every game. A long season ahead with mid-table mediocrity the best fans can hope for.
Graeme: Same old story. When are they going to sign a striker? Broja was a stupid buy and has continued, on the odd occasions that he is fit, to prove his inability to even get close to the target, never mind score. Flemming wants out - and can't be relied on to hit the target - and Foster is, if anything, worse than Broja.
Carl: We have been missing a great striker in the last season. Having said goodbye to Josh Brownhill, Jay Rodriguez and Josh Cullen, it feels like the heart has gone out of us as well.
Steven: Was better than West Brom game for sure. We are just missing something at the moment. There were players playing last night who are nowhere near fit enough hence why we got worse as the game went on. It will come, stop booing please and get behind the lads. UTC
Paul - Super team effort, every player played well.
Russell - Great performance, especially to come from a goal down. It's a great start. We know there's a long, long way to go but we have something to build on.
Colin - Super energetic and disciplined display by the Baggies. Great to watch Isaac Price get on the scoresheet. Well played West Brom.
Nick - Best all-round performance I've seen in a long time. Didn't look panicked after going behind and the attack was beautiful to watch. Ousmane Diakite deserves special mention. His passing, dribbling, tackling and effort were all on display and his ball recovery reminded me of a decent player who drove his Mini to Leicester City. Very early and such a small sample size, but after a trying season last year there's so much to smile about right now.
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Burnley fans
Tom - Abysmal. Burnley should know by now that with only one goalscorer you are certainly dead in the PL and probably in the Championship too. Combine that with routinely gifting the opposition at least one early goal and you are likely to be facing relegation by the end of the season. The new manager looks an improvement but so would I have been.
Sam - Sad to see players pulling out of challenges and not working hard. Burnley's identity was once about running sides off the park and playing gritty, effective football. We've now accumulated PL and European academy prospects that don't have the fight or the nous to represent our club.
Hugh - Very worried by the reversion to familiar faces here - Josh Laurent, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Armando Broja. Kyle Walker maybe most of all - his pace is gone and that was his cheat code. His positioning, passing, and aerial ability just aren't up to it. Broja isn't interested and isn't any good anyway. I'd play literally anyone else up top.
Gareth - We gave the ball away cheaply, poor first touches, sloppy passes and we failed to win challenges. We made it easy for West Brom to come from behind and beat us convincingly. But at least we are now moving the ball forwards, rather than side to side and backwards (ie Parker-ball). But we still need to clear out the dross - Broja, Zeki Amdouni et al
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