Burnley sign Charlton duo

Burnley have signed Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Nick Pope from Charlton Athletic.

Pope, 24, has signed a three-year deal at Turf Moor with a further year’s option in the club’s favour and joins the club on the same day as Addicks teammate Johann Berg Gudmundsson.

And the former Ipswich Town trainee was delighted to have joined a club he feels is on the way up to further progress his career.

He said: “I want to develop as a goalkeeper and with the keepers that are already here I definitely feel I can learn from them.

“They’ve both experienced the England set up and it’s only a good thing for me to be around them day to day in training and at games. I’m really looking forward to it.

“Burnley is a club on the way up so they are two of the main reasons amongst many, many more.”

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