2 exciting Burnley FC starlets that could make the club serious money

Burnley should be looking to sell before the end of the summer transfer window, but there are some stars of the future that could make them a lot of money down the road.

Scott Parker has more than 35 players in his current squad and, with the Clarets’ ambitions to get back up to the Premier League as quickly as possible, there’s a chance that the number of options at his disposal could reach 40.

They need to balance the scales a bit though. It’s a very bloated situation, and they need to do some hard work to get the numbers down over these next couple of weeks.

The likes of Dara O’Shea have been linked with a move away from Turf Moor as Brentford ready a second offer for the Irish defender. He’s not a player that they would necessarily be happy to offload, but, if the offer is good enough, they may be forced into making that deal.

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There’ll be other less important members of the team who should start to be shipped away as we get later into August. Not only will this help the manager with keeping the playing unit cohesive, but it’ll also bring in a bit of cash for the Clarets.

Selling off younger talent has been made more attractive than it previously was by the profit and sustainability rules, as all the money acquired from selling academy graduates counts as pure profit.

Some would argue this glamorisation of selling players that the club has taken years to develop, most notably done by Chelsea, isn’t a good thing, but it’s something that teams now have to do to make money, and these two Burnley youths could end up making the club a lot of cash in the future.

Michael Mellon

After two decent spells away from Turf Moor, Scottish striker Michael Mellon (son of former Tranmere Rovers and current Oldham Athletic boss Micky Mellon) was sent on loan to Stockport County this summer.

It’s unfortunately not gone the way anyone would have wanted. He picked up a knee injury in his second pre-season friendly and will likely be sidelined for a while.

What should give the Clarets some hope for the future is the work he did in those two previous moves to Morecambe and Dundee FC.

In the 2023/24 campaign, Mellon scored 13 goals in 22 League Two appearances and three times in 14 matches, which included just three starts, in the Scottish Premiership.

If the 20-year-old can stay fit, and he should do so because what he recently suffered isn’t a reoccurring injury, then he will continue on his trajectory, which suggests he will be a very good player that will likely play in one of the top two leagues in England, at least.

That should bring a decent amount of money to Burnley, if it comes true.

Enock Agyei

The Belgian forward arrived in Lancashire in January 2023. Vincent Kompany would have seen what Enock Agyei could do in the Anderlecht academy, and decided that the Clarets needed to sign him.

He then went back to his homeland on loan to join Mechelen, who he made eight Pro League appearances for in the 22/23 campaign.

Kompany’s final season in charge of the club didn’t go to plan, but he had proven that he could see talent, which should give hope for Agyei.

The 19-year-old will need game time to be able to develop into the player that the Bayern Munich boss saw in him, which may mean that, given the size of Burnley’s squad, he goes down a similar path to Mellon and goes on loan.

But the potential for the forward is there, and the Clarets could become huge beneficiaries of it down the line.