Keane has been in impressive form for Burnley this season. (Picture: Getty)

Mark Hughes’s Stoke City have had an official £7million transfer bid for Burnley defender Michael Keane rejected, Metro Sport can reveal.

Keane, who progressed through the Manchester United youth academy, was sold to the Championship side on a permanent basis in the summer after signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.

Although initially confirmed as an undisclosed fee, Burnley paid in excess of £2m for the 23-year-old, who impressed on-loan at Turf Moor in the Premier League the season before.

After relegation to the Championship, Keane has become an integral member of Sean Dyche’s side this season as Burnley mount a serious bid to bounce straight back into the Premier League and currently sit in fourth position.




After a supremely impressive season so far, a host of Premier League clubs have been monitoring the defender’s progress, but only Stoke have officially submitted an offer of £5m plus add-ons that has been rejected by the Lancashire outfit.