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Burnley sign Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford on season-long loan

Patrick Bamford
Image: Patrick Bamford has joined Burnley on a season-long loan

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.

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He played in the Premier League with both Palace and the Canaries last season but neither stint proved fruitful.

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