{"id":573207,"date":"2020-11-25T08:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=573207"},"modified":"2020-11-25T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:43:24","slug":"jay-rodriguez-and-matej-vydra-extend-burnley-contracts-until-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/11\/25\/jay-rodriguez-and-matej-vydra-extend-burnley-contracts-until-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Rodriguez and Matej Vydra Extend Burnley Contracts Until 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Burnley\" target=\"_self\">Burnley<\/a> strike duo <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/4ab53cdb\/Jay-Rodriguez\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jay Rodriguez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0d4ceb32\/Matej-Vydra\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matej Vydra<\/a> have extended their Burnley contracts until 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Rodriguez and Vydra Latest Burnley Players to Extend Turf Moor Stay<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">CONTRACTS | Jay Rodriguez and Matej Vydra sign up until June, 2022. \u270d\ufe0f\ud83e\udd29<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3oTwHP8Zt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/G3oTwHP8Zt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurnleyOfficial\/status\/1331539539203158016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Rodriguez: &#8216;I\u2019m Proud to Have My Hometown Club in the Premier League&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>The forwards are the latest Burnley players to extend their stay at Turf Moor. Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/8df7a2fb\/Ben-Mee\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Mee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/29\/burnley-extend-mee-stay-by-one-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently signed for at least a further 12 months<\/a> until the end of the 2021\/22 season.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/495945ef\/Ashley-Westwood\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashley Westwood<\/a> also <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/25\/ashley-westwood-extends-burnley-stay\/\" target=\"_self\">signed a new contract<\/a> at the start of this season.<\/p>\n<p>31-year-old Rodriguez, who was born in Burnley, is in his second spell at the club, after signing from West Bromwich Albion in July last year.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke of his pride at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnleyfootballclub.com\/content\/extended-stay-for-strike-duo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">playing for his hometown club:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m really pleased. I\u2019ve enjoyed my time here with a great bunch of lads and, obviously, being in my home town with my family and friends is an added bonus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With all the facilities here it\u2019s a lot easier to look after yourself and feel fresh for each training session and each game and long may it continue. I will just keep giving 100 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m proud to have my hometown club in the Premier League and competing against the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s where you want to be. We know it\u2019s going to be hard work each year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez scored 11 goals last season, as he helped the club record only its second top-10 finish in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h3>Vydra Happy With Extension but Agent Calls it &#8216;Unpleasant Surprise&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Vydra has been a less frequent member of manager Sean Dyche&#8217;s starting line-ups.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech Republic international joined Burnley from Derby County in 2018. Since then he has scored just three league goals in 37 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He has come off the bench in 26 of those league games.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnleyfootballclub.com\/content\/extended-stay-for-strike-duo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website about<\/a> the extension, Vydra said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s really good for my family to be settled and to know that we will be here for another year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been a successful time for the club while I\u2019ve been here, playing in Europe and doing well in the Premier League. I get on well with all my team-mates here and it\u2019s a good group to be part of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still want to play my part and that\u2019s something I\u2019m aiming to keep doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vydra&#8217;s agent, however, has been voicing his discontent on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChovanecSport\/status\/1331552488416284674\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">company&#8217;s twitter account:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an unpleasant surprise. We knew that Burnley had an option in the contract, with better conditions for Mat\u011bj. But the club knows that we want to leave in the long run. Mat\u011bj needs to play regularly and he won&#8217;t get it at Burnley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decision to exercise the option is very frustrating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Burnley&#8217;s next match is against Manchester City on November 28.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"zcyHdf2dQc9HzNbpsA79Hg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1273134505\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'zcyHdf2dQc9HzNbpsA79Hg',sig:'jOtzk6_vcMX6PzoMQKzr5QFn4zQyZFqTSOv60w6Y97E=',w:'594px',h:'380px',items:'1273134505',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burnley strike duo Jay Rodriguez and Matej Vydra have extended their Burnley contracts until 2022. 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