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Chelsea Transfer News: Latest Rumours on Michael Keane and Niklas Sule
- Updated: September 28, 2016
Reported Chelsea target Michael Keane has insisted he his happy with life at Burnley despite interest from the Blues.
As reported by Andy Hunter of the Guardian, Chelsea have been linked with a possible January move for the Burnley centre-back worth £25 million; Leicester City are also said to have bid £15 million during the summer for the player.
But despite the admiring glances of some illustrious clubs, Keane has revealed there’s no great desire to leave Turf Moor, per Hunter:
It’s flattering when teams like Leicester come in but I am really happy here. The fans have been brilliant with me here, as have the manager and players. It’s great when teams like that come in but I am quite happy.
I won’t be looking at Leicester in the Champions League thinking: “That could have been me” because I tend to think what will be, will be. Hopefully at some time in the future I will get to that level anyway.
Keane moved to Burnley from Manchester United last year, and with a regular run of games, he’s enjoyed tremendous development. His goal in the 2-0 win over Watford on Monday night was reward for a strong start to the campaign for the 23 year old, who possesses all the tools to thrive at the top level.
Bleacher Report’s Nick Akerman is unsure whether Keane is the finished article quite yet, although he thinks Keane has plenty of potential:
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