{"id":626259,"date":"2023-08-10T06:39:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T10:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626259"},"modified":"2023-08-10T06:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T10:39:37","slug":"burnley-sign-sander-berge-from-sheffield-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/10\/burnley-sign-sander-berge-from-sheffield-united\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Confirmed\u2019: Burnley Complete Signing of \u2018Brilliant\u2019 Player From Promotion Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1689314204166103066\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Burnley have finalized a deal to acquire midfield dynamo Sander Berge from Sheffield United. The Norwegian was in the final year of his contract and has followed last year&#8217;s top scorer Iliman Ndiaye out the door.<\/p>\n<h2>Burnley Acquire Sander Berge From Sheffield United<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official, confirmed. Sander Berge joins Burnley on \u00a315m deal now sealed \ud83d\udfe3\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8sUifKledn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8sUifKledn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1689314204166103066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Rejected New Contract Offer From the Blades<\/h3>\n<p>Norweigan journalist <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 css-1hf3ou5 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arilasos\/status\/1689253076941602817\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arilas Ould-Saada<\/a> confirmed that the midfielder has signed a 4-year deal<\/span><\/span> stating that the final paperwork was completed this morning. The deal is reportedly worth \u00a315 million with bonuses and the 25-year-old interestingly rejected a contract offer from the Blades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/21\/excellent-burnley-transfer-window-could-see-them-avoid-relegation\/\" target=\"_self\">Excellent Burnley Transfer Window Could See Them Avoid Relegation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems as though the Clarets wanted to complete the move quickly to incorporate the player in their first game of the Premier League season against treble-winning side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/08\/bernardo-silva-manchester-city-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vincent Kompany, the manager of Burnley, is bolstering an already smart transfer window with the addition of the Norwegian, a player who has been a shining light for the Blades since his arrival back in 2020. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examinerlive.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/paul-heckingbottom-hails-brilliant-sander-24929074\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;brilliant&#8221;<\/a> became their record signing after completing his four-and-a-half-year move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Last Word on Sports&#8217; Predictions for the 2023\/24 Premier League Season<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I (Probably) Insulted Your Club - Our Premier League Predictions For the New Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8uXqcL07DJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lancashire-based side have already bought into the likes of England Euro hero James Trafford and Swiss talent Zeki Amdouni. The Belgian head coach has shown that his side are looking to cement themselves as Premier League mainstays going forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Blunted Blades<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Yorkshire side already had an uphill task of securing Premier League safety next year, possessing one of the weaker squads in the division, however, things have got a whole lot worse as they now need to replace arguably their two best players with Ndiaye leaving for Marseille and now Berge to Burnley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surely now is the time for Paul Heckingbottom to dip into the transfer window with their current business being sparse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/domfell\/15615308899\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dom Fellowes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Fabrizio Romano, Burnley have finalized a deal to acquire midfield dynamo Sander Berge from Sheffield United. The Norwegian was in the final year of his contract and has followed last year&#8217;s top scorer Iliman Ndiaye out the door. Burnley Acquire Sander Berge From Sheffield United Official, confirmed. 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