Burnley have gone in with an offer for Anderlecht goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, who is not keen on joining Liverpool or Manchester United, according to journalist Alan Nixon.

Clarets boss Vincent Kompany wants to add a new goalkeeper to the ranks ahead of a season of Premier League football.

Kompany is keen to raid his former club Anderlecht for Verbruggen and Burnley are backing their manager.

The Turf Moor outfit have put in an offer of £13m to sign the shot-stopper and believe they can convince him of the merits of the move if they can agree a fee.

Verbruggen is also of interest to Liverpool and Manchester United.

However, it is claimed he is not keen on joining either of the two Premier League powerhouses as he would not start games immediately.

Burnley have that in their favour and the goalkeeper may be drawn towards the idea of week in, week out Premier League football under ex-Anderlecht boss Kompany.

Verbruggen is just 20 years old and came through the youth ranks at Dutch side NAC Breda.

Anderlecht snapped him up in 2020 and he won the club’s Player of the Season award this term.

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany issues Manchester City verdict ahead of Champions League final

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany doesn’t expect his former side Manchester City to suffer from any nerves ahead of their Champions League decider.

Pep Guardiola’s side take on Internazionale in the final this evening (8pm kick-off) as they eye a famous treble.

Speaking to Gary Neville in the latest episode of The Overlap, Kompany says he doesn’t expect City’s preparation to change just because of the magnitude of tonight’s encounter.

“It’s a team that has won so much, it will be as calm as you can imagine,” he said.

“They will do everything they have done all season. They will go home, they will play with the kids, they’ll have a bit of a session, they will do some meetings about the opposition and they will go into the game like any other game.

“I think that’s the advantage when you’ve played in a lot of cup finals. You learn that it’s just another game.

“Being in his second Champions League final with City, I just think it’s going to be business as usual.”

City have experienced a strained relationship with the Champions League in recent years.

While they’ve dominated domestically, it’s the one trophy that has eluded them – although that could all change in Istanbul this evening.

“I didn’t enjoy it in the beginning,” Kompany added. “It was bigger for us to win the league and the FA Cup, honestly. But the more you have domestic success the more you want to do it in Europe.

“It was late midweek games in Manchester and yes, you play against some great teams but you also play against some teams that, quite frankly, the supporters don’t care about in the beginning. But we just grew into it.

“We got smashed at the beginning. We played against the Dortmund team under Klopp and they were special. We played against teams like Ajax where you don’t get away with running. They make you work hard, they use the goalkeeper, that wasn’t the case for us at the time.

“There was a difficult period for English clubs in European football at the time, especially with German and Spanish clubs. None of the English clubs were performing.

“But as England always does, there’s more money, they bring over the best and the Premier League is what it is today.”