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Burnley have joined Derby County, West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City in the race to sign a centre back, according to reports in the French media.

L'Equipe are reporting that St Etienne central defender Harold Moukoudi is being targeted by several clubs with a number of loan bids turned down at this point due to a desire for a permanent transfer.

Former Leicester City manager Claude Puel would not be pleased to lose the defender but he is viewed as having a greater potential than St Etienne would be capable of fulfilling.

Burnley have been linked with the defender before - in the summer of 2018 - and a fee of around £10m was quoted at that time.

The club are thought to be in the market for a centre back and have been chasing Dael Fry of Middlesbrough. If the price of £30m quoted is correct then this could trigger Sean Dyche to look elsewhere.

Equally, if out of favour Ben Gibson is to leave Burnley in search of regular football then Dyche would be wary of the need to recruit at the back.

Dyche was quizzed on the transfer latest after Burnley's defeat to Norwich and asked if there were any developments with players arriving at or leaving Turf Moor this month.

"There might be but there might not be," he said.

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