It’ll come as no surprise to Burnley fans if they’ve been following the situation closely, but Steven Defour wants out at Turf Moor.
Only playing 297 minutes of first-team football in 2017, the 29-year-old isn’t on the best of terms with Sean Dyche, and, if the manager stays, he will be looking for a transfer.
DH in Belgium have a look at the situation, and reveal that, were it up to him, he would go to a club in the Middle-East, an option he already favoured over Burnley last year, but the Premier League club’s offer was too good for Anderlecht to turn down.
Al-Jazira came forward back then, and Defour is looking to end his career either at a club in the surrounding area or somewhere else with a similar desire to hand out hefty wage packages, like China.
Furthermore, the fact that it’s a World Cup year isn’t a factor for the player, who hasn’t been a regular for Belgium for a while, meaning that at this stage in his career, ensuring he has enough money to retire happily appears to be his priority.
