{"id":581296,"date":"2021-01-30T12:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=581296"},"modified":"2021-01-30T12:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:46:44","slug":"burnley-confirm-contract-extensions-for-four-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/30\/burnley-confirm-contract-extensions-for-four-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley Confirm Contract Extensions for Four Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/20\/troy-deeney-transfer-update-west-brom-burnley\/\" target=\"_self\">Burnley<\/a> have confirmed the contract extensions for <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/9a9c05db\/Matthew-Lowton\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Lowton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f72293fc\/Johann-Berg-Gudmundsson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johann Berg Gudmundson,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5a4280b1\/Kevin-Long\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Long<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/1ef37668\/Erik-Pieters\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Pieters<\/a>. Lowton, Gudmundson and Long have signed Extensions at Burnley for a further two years whilst Pieters has extended until the end of next season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is a move that will leave Burnley fans pleased with squad depth needed in the fight for relegation alongside the future of the club as a whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With the contract extensions signed, Burnley will now shift their focus to pushing into the comforts of mid-table to secure their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/19\/arsenal-talent-bukayo-saka-continues-to-impress\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> status.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Burnley Confirm Contract Extensions for Number of Players<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CONTRACTS | Matt Lowton, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Kevin Long and Erik Pieters extend stays at Turf Moor. \u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurnleyOfficial\/status\/1355570098157838343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sean Dyche Has Say on Extensions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking to the club&#8217;s official website after the news, Burnley manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnleyfootballclub.com\/content\/its-the-fab-four\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Dyche said<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s an important time with the transition of one chairman and owner to the next chairman and owners to make sure we\u2019re planning \u2013 and I\u2019ve said this all along \u2013 not just outside by recruitment but inside as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe have to make sure good people, good players and good servants to the club remain so and in agreeing these contracts, they\u2019re certainly putting their front foot forward and saying \u2018yes, we want to be part of it, we enjoy the challenge and we want to take it on\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAnd that\u2019s the mentality we need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnleyfootballclub.com\/content\/its-the-fab-four\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He then added<\/a>: &#8220;A lot of the players over our time here have been a very strong force in what we\u2019ve achieved, and they continue to be that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe main thing for me is players who want to re-sign for the hunger and desire to be part of Burnley Football Club. All the players who have re-signed this year have clearly shown that, with others possibly doing that as we go forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The contract extensions are certainly signs of the positive impact the takeover of the club has had. Now, bringing reinforcements into Turf Moor will be the priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"7y8F7qpZSR5Pqdz8n3-dTA\" 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\/1230767525\" 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:'7y8F7qpZSR5Pqdz8n3-dTA',sig:'TfLPoB6TYOsVuQUgtu0QYrx-e7tInCKl9kRyvFGFAFk=',w:'594px',h:'349px',items:'1230767525',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burnley have confirmed the contract extensions for Matthew Lowton, Johann Berg Gudmundson, Kevin Long and Erik Pieters. Lowton, Gudmundson and Long have signed Extensions at Burnley for a further two years whilst Pieters has extended until the end of next season.\u00a0 It is a move that will leave Burnley fans pleased with squad depth needed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":581298,"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":[3,10,30],"tags":[482,7949,7948,3961,7946,327,7947,40,136],"class_list":["post-581296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-burnley","category-news","tag-burnley","tag-burnley-contract-extensions","tag-burnley-news","tag-erik-pieters","tag-gudmundson","tag-johan-cruyff","tag-matthew-lowton","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581296","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\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}