{"id":464669,"date":"2019-06-23T09:06:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=464669"},"modified":"2019-06-23T09:06:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:06:31","slug":"report-watford-join-race-for-burnley-goalkeeper-tom-heaton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/23\/report-watford-join-race-for-burnley-goalkeeper-tom-heaton\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Watford Join Race for Burnley Goalkeeper Tom Heaton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watford<\/a> have joined a three-way race to sign Burnley<\/a> goalkeeper Tom Heaton<\/a>. According to the Sun<\/a>, the Hornets have joined the race after Heaton rejected a new contract at Turf Moor.<\/p>\n

Three Way Fight for Tom Heaton<\/a><\/h1>\n

Race for ‘Keeper Sparked After Rejected Contract<\/h2>\n

The Sun reported on how Heaton’s future was thrown into doubt after rejecting a new contract at Turf Moor; however, there is competition among three clubs to sign the shot-stopper.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa<\/a> and Bournemouth<\/a> are revealed as two sides holding interest in the 33-year-old.<\/p>\n

Although, Watford boss Javi Garcia<\/a> is eager for a new shot-stopper to replace the outgoing Heurelho Gomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Heaton has just one year remaining on his current contract; therefore, Burnley may be keen to cash in on the 33-year-old.<\/p>\n

Negotiations remain a key stumbling block though and after Heaton rejected an initial offer, the ‘keeper could leave at the end of next season on a free transfer.<\/p>\n

The Clarets may be forced to accept a deal of just \u00a35 million or risk losing their first-choice ‘keeper for free next May.<\/p>\n

Heaton missed a year after dislocating his shoulder; the shot-stopper was also forced to sit out the World Cup Finals last summer as Jordan Pickford<\/a> travelled to Russia.<\/p>\n

However, Heaton produced a string of performances in Burnley’s successful battle against relegation to force his way back into Gareth Southgate’s set-up.<\/p>\n

Heaton was part of the England squad which finished third in the UEFA Nations League finals earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa and Bournemouth are also interested in making a move for Jack Butland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Villans remain favourites<\/a> to sign Butland but the England international is likely to cost in surplus of \u00a320 million.<\/p>\n

Any transfer movement involving Stoke’s goalkeeping department is interest to Birmingham City; the Blues would receive a windfall if and when Butland is sold.<\/p>\n

They inserted a sell-on fee when Stoke City<\/a> signed the goalkeeper in January 2013; the Blues would receive a figure roughly around 20% of any sale fee.<\/p>\n

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Watford have joined a three-way race to sign Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton. According to the Sun, the Hornets have joined the race after Heaton rejected a new contract at Turf Moor. Three Way Fight for Tom Heaton Race for ‘Keeper Sparked After Rejected Contract The Sun reported on how Heaton’s future was thrown into doubt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3040,"featured_media":464701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3838,10,28,25],"tags":[177,1896,482,3572,3156,296,136],"class_list":["post-464669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bournemouth","category-aston-villa","category-burnley","category-transfers","category-watford","tag-aston-villa","tag-bournemouth","tag-burnley","tag-jack-butland","tag-tom-heaton","tag-watford","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Matt Lee","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}