Burnley replace Heaton with Northern Ireland international goalkeeper


Burnley have confirmed the signing of young goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell from Leeds having recently sold Tom Heaton to Aston Villa.

The 22-year-old has signed a four-year deal with a further one-year option to run until 2024 and arrives for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £3m.

Peacock-Farrell will now compete for the number one spot at Turf Moor having lost his place in the team at Leeds at the start of the year following the arrival of Kiko Casilla.

That said, the Whites lost just six of the 28 league matches Peacock-Farrell started last season compared to eight of the 20 he did not, picking up significantly more points per game (1.93 compared to 1.6 in his absence).

The youngster has been the first choice stopper for Northern Ireland since last year, however, and garnered a strong reputation upon breaking into the first team at Elland Road in the 2017/18 campaign.

 

 

“I’m really happy to be here. A Premier League club is what you dream of when you are starting out in football and to say I’ve signed for Burnley is a massive honour,” said Peacock-Farrell.

“There’s massive competition here, but it was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down.

“The goalkeepers here are really good and two of them are England internationals. There’s something going on here that must be right.

“So to come here and be part of it, is something I’m really excited about.”