Burnley
have signed Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford on a season-long loan.
Bamford, who has been unable to force himself into the first-team picture at
Stamford Bridge, has had previous spells at MK Dons, Derby, Middlesbrough,
Crystal Palace and Norwich.
The 22-year-old arrives in the North West after the club signed Steven
Defour from Anderlecht for a fee of £8m a fortnight ago and deals for Jamie
Thomas, Robbie Leitch, Nick Pope and Johann Berg Gudmundsson earlier in the
summer.
Bamford, a graduate of the Nottingham Forest Academy, caught the eye in the
2014-15 season when he scored 17 times in the Championship for 'Boro.
He also scored in a memorable FA Cup win at Manchester City that season but
missed out on a European Championship spot with England Under-21s through
injury.
He played in the Premier League with both Palace and the Canaries last
season but neither stint proved fruitful.
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