Championship

Ekdal is in good Kompany at the Clarets

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The LeaguePaper Team
22 January 2023

By Tom Blackett

Swedish defender Hjalmar Ekdal can’t wait to get started with runaway Championship leaders Burnley.
The 24-year-old centre-back has joined from Djurgarden IF on a fourand-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee and will give Clarets boss Vincent Kompany greater options at the back in the closing months of the campaign.
The Stockholm-born centre-back began his career with Brommapojkarna FC as a youngster before moving to the USA aged 18 to study and play college soccer for UNC Wilmington Seahawks.
Ekdal returned to his native country and joined IK Frej. He then moved to top-...

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