Burnley’s summer transfer window is very much in full swing as the club continues to prepare for the new season.
The Clarets had a bit of a delay to their summer as their search for a new manager took longer than anticipated before leading them to Scott Parker. But the club is now making up for it and they have signed six new players for the upcoming campaign. One of those additions is a goalkeeper in Vaclav Hladky, but even with that addition, Burnley are being linked with a move for another shot-stopper in the form of Mark Travers.
The Clarets have seen three goalkeepers leave the club over the course of this summer, with Arijanet Muric joining Ipswich Town, Bailey Peacock-Farrell going to Birmingham City, and Lawrence Vigouroux signing for Swansea City.
It was reported by The Sun journalist Alan Nixon last weekend that Burnley have AFC Bournemouth goalkeeper under consideration this summer.Nixon states that the Republic of Ireland goalkeeper is a consideration for the club should Burnley lose James Trafford in a deal that would be their fourth goalkeeping departure.
Trafford has been heavily linked with a move away in this transfer window, with teams such as Newcastle United keen on landing the young England shot-stopper.Therefore, Nixon adds that if Trafford were to leave Turf Moor this summer, then Parker would eye a reunion with Travers, after the pair worked together at Bournemouth.
It is believed that Travers would likely come at a cut-price transfer, given that he has fallen down the pecking order with the Cherries. However, he has impressed with Bournemouth when playing, especially in the Championship, and that could make him a valuable asset.
In Travers’ career so far, the goalkeeper has more experience playing in the Championship than he does in the Premier League.
The 25-year-old first broke onto the scene for the Cherries in the 2018/19 Premier League season, playing two games.
He then featured once the following season before spending time on loan at Swindon Town. He returned to Bournemouth, and, while he had to be patient at first, in the 2021/22 season, he got his chance to play.
Travers played 45 times in the Championship that season under now-Burnley boss Parker. In those games, Travers kept an impressive 20 clean sheets after only conceding 39 goals.
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