Former Everton chief Keith Wyness believes the Leeds United lawsuit against Everton will collapse as the case is not strong enough. Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – said he is worried that the lawsuit will set a bad precedent. The Yorkshire club, alongside Burnley and Leicester City, informed Everton that they intend to sue for £300million (£100m each) if the Merseyside club was found guilty of breaching financial rules. Th ..read more

Burnley chiefs blame their lacklustre signings on their expected relegation – not Vincent Kompany, sources have told Football Insider. The Clarets reportedly spent over £90million last summer on new recruits in their attempts to remain in the Premier League. Well-placed sources have told Football Insider that they deem many of their new additions “poor” and unfit for the top flight. They bought the likes of Dara O’Shea from West Brom, Sander Berge from Sheffield United and Aaron Ramsey from Aston Villa, but none have managed to help the club avoid a relegation dogfight. Manager Kompany has str ..read more

Vincent Kompany is set to stay at Burnley even if the club are relegated from the Premier League, sources have told Football Insider. It is believed that the club’s board are disappointed with how their return to the top flight has panned out under the Man City legend, but he has enough credit in the bank to be kept on. The board are confident that Kompany can lead Burnley straight back to the Premier League after his impressive 101-point haul as Championship winners last season. The Clarets, who currently have just 13 points, are 11 points away from 17th-place Nottingham Forest and have the s ..read more

Liverpool fans were not happy with what they saw from Luis Diaz in their 3-1 win against the Clarets Liverpool supporters on social media were left fuming at Luis Diaz for his display in the 3-1 win over Burnley on Saturday afternoon (10 February). The Reds leapfrogged Manchester City to return to the top of the Premier League table after a hard-fought win at Anfield. The Merseyside club welcomed a club record 60,000 fans to their home ground on Saturday after the new Anfield Road stand was cleared for full use. Diogo Jota scored his 14th goal of the season to open the scoring before Dara O’Sh ..read more

Sunderland are in talks with Burnley over a late move for winger Manuel Benson, sources have told Football Insider. The Black Cats are looking to complete a deal for the 26-year-old winger after talks with Leeds United and Southampton fell through. The two Championship sides struck agreements to sign Benson this month, but both deals collapsed late on. Sunderland boss Michael Beale is eager to add a winger to his squad before Thursday’s deadline and has turned to Benson after enquiring about Man United youngster Amad Diallo. As revealed by Football Insider on Sunday (28 January), Sunderland wa ..read more

Burnley defender Dan Sassi undergoing a medical at Blackpool ahead of a permanent move to Bloomfield Road, sources have told Football Insider. The 20-year-old, who joined Burnley from Stoke in 2020, is being allowed to move on as he is well down the pecking order at Turf Moor. Sassi has captained Burnley’s youth sides since his arrival but is now set to make his first step into senior football with Blackpool in League One. The centre-back, who has featured regularly for the Clarets’ Under-21 side this term, signed his first professional contract in September 2022. That deal was set to keep Sas ..read more

Burnley and Hull City have made official approaches to Millwall for midfield starlet Romain Esse, sources have told Football Insider. The 18-year-old made his breakthrough at the New Den last season and is now attracting interest in the Premier League and Championship. It is believed Esse would be open to making a late-window move away from south London. A well-placed source has told Football Insider that the teenager is not playing as many minutes as he would have hoped for so far in the 2023-24 campaign. Esse has turned out 17 times across all competitions this term, scoring once. His only l ..read more

Welcome to the latest edition of my twice-weekly column – bringing you exclusive transfer and contract news, as well as news from the Premier League, EFL, Scottish Premiership and beyond. Follow Football Insider on Twitter to see the latest news as it breaks! CRYSTAL PALACE My understanding is that Palace are not giving up on a deal for Blackburn Rovers midfielder Adam Wharton despite seeing an initial £18.5million offer rejected. I’m told the Selhurst Park club will return with another bid and are very keen to agree a deal this month. Blackburn are reluctant to lose wonderkid midfielder ..read more

Coventry City are set to resist all offers for Callum O’Hare this month amid interest from Burnley, Leicester City and Southampton, sources have told Football Insider. That is despite the midfielder’s perilous contract situation – which could see him leave the Sky Blues for free at the end of this season. O’Hare has returned in top form after a serious knee injury which kept him out of the first 12 games of the Championship season. Coventry are focused once again on securing promotion to the Premier League this season and the 25-year-old is considered key to their chances of achieving that goa ..read more

Southampton have won the race against Leeds United to sign Burnley forward Manuel Benson this month, sources have told Football Insider. Speaking to the new edition of Football Insider’s Insider Track Podcast, transfer correspondent Pete O’Rourke revealed that the Saints are edging closer to a full agreement with the Clarets to take the 26-year-old on loan for the remainder of the campaign. It is believed that wage contributions are still to being finalised, with Benson’s weekly salary increasing following Burnley’s promotion. But a broad agreement is in place with Leeds’ hijack set to now fai ..read more