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Dutch star gives the Clarets an extra edge

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ZIAN FLEMMING
BURNLEY STRIKER
By Chris Dunlavy

BURNLEY couldn’t hit a barn door during the autumn, and were widely expected to splash the cash on a striker this month.
That may still prove to be the case, but the sudden emergence of Zian Flemming has surely given head coach Scott Parker pause for thought.
Burnley spent most of August trying to thrash out a deal for Millwall’s 26-year-old Dutchman, and saw several offers rejected before the two clubs agreed a loan with an obligation to buy (rumoured to be in the region of £7m) in the dying embers of the transfer w...

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