“Straight away” – Vaclav Hladky makes Premier League claim after Burnley switch
Burnley’s latest signing, Vaclav Hladky, has said that Turf Moor was always his preferred destination, once he found out that the club were interested in him.
When trying to build a promotion-winning team, a good way to start is to add players who have done just that in recent times. The last Burnley squad to be promoted was an exception to that rule, but they had a sparkling coach and so much quality in their ranks that it really didn’t matter that most of that team had never been there and done it before.
Now, the team is different, the manager is different, but the goal remains the same: get back to the Premier League in the quickest time possible.
Scott Parker is the man that’s been given the task of making that happen, and one of his first moves as the boss of the Clarets has been to sign the former Ipswich Town goalkeeper.
Hladky was the mainstay between the sticks for Kieran McKenna’s side last season, but he was released by the Tractor Boys when his contract expired at the end of June.
Burnley were there to snap him up, and the Czech keeper seems all too happy to have landed where he has.
Vaclav Hladky’s joy over Burnley move
The 33-year-old has revealed that he wanted to join his new club as soon as he heard about their interest in him, despite reports from his homeland which claimed he rejected them in order to join Czechia side Jablonec. Hladky has also laid out some goals for the upcoming campaign.
Speaking on Clarets+, he said: “I had heard a lot about Burnley as a football club, and it’s a great opportunity. It’s a big club with a great history and an unbelievable fanbase.
“Straight away, I knew that if Burnley were interested then I want to be there. I want to be there for Burnley Football Club and I want to do my very best to get Burnley promoted to the Premier League.”
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