{"id":594704,"date":"2021-06-24T11:26:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=594704"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:26:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:26:54","slug":"burnley-complete-nathan-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/06\/24\/burnley-complete-nathan-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley Complete Signing of Nathan Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burnley have made their first signing of the summer with the addition of Stoke City defender Nathan Collins. The 20-year-old moves to Turf Moor for an undisclosed fee and has signed a four-year deal with the Premier League club.<\/p>\n<h2>Burnley Sign Nathan Collins From Stoke<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Collins is in the building \ud83d\ude01 \ud83e\udd33\ud83c\udffb<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CollinsIsAClaret?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CollinsIsAClaret<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#UTC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k8i3elRcJZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/k8i3elRcJZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurnleyOfficial\/status\/1408076378205872133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Burnley&#8217;s &#8216;Excellent Addition&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Collins has been a sought-after defender in the Championship for a while. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-utd\/transfer-talk\/news\/man-united-still-want-centre-back-collins_371852.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> with Manchester United in a previous summer transfer window and there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/14333641\/stoke-fear-man-utd-transfer-nathan-collins-darren-fletcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> of their interest in this window too.<\/p>\n<p>However, Burnley have moved to land their target for a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/06\/22\/burnley-stoke-nathan-collins\/\" target=\"_self\">reported fee<\/a> of around \u00a312 million, which should prove to be a shrewd investment from the new owners of the club.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Alan Pace told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnleyfootballclub.com\/content\/collins-joins-clarets\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website<\/a>: \u201cWe are extremely pleased to have secured the services of Nathan, who has been much sought after as one of the most promising young players in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe he will be an excellent addition and we see his signing as an ideal start to our summer\u2019s business and the new collaborative approach to transfer activity now in place at the club, through our technical committee that involves the manager and his coaching staff, the scouting and recruitment teams, along with our data analytics department.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Collins came through the academy at Stoke and went on to make 49 appearances for the club &#8211; 39 of which came in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The defender has been capped up to U21 level by the Republic of Ireland and started his career with Dublin-based side Cherry Orchard, having been born in the town of Leixlip close to the Irish capital.<\/p>\n<p>Collins became Stoke&#8217;s youngest-ever captain when he led the team out against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/06\/11\/leeds-united-winger-noa-lang\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a> in the 2019\/20 season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"c9d1lU9wSjZ1xP6aX8JHrA\" 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\/1292147165\" 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:'c9d1lU9wSjZ1xP6aX8JHrA',sig:'IwyuTtHzcjNYkKsKB5ppLAiB_33R63I_fsHkCMEanQ0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1292147165',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 have made their first signing of the summer with the addition of Stoke City defender Nathan Collins. The 20-year-old moves to Turf Moor for an undisclosed fee and has signed a four-year deal with the Premier League club. 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