SEAN DYCHE is eyeing up Reading FC defender Liam Moore as a potential replacement for Michael Keane, reports suggest.
Keane looks set to leave Turf Moor this summer after a string of outstanding performances for the Clarets last season. He made his full England debut in March in a defeat to Germany.
And Moore, who joined the Royals from Leicester City last summer, is thought to be at the front of Dyche’s mind as a like-for-like replacement.
Burnley are expected to rake in around £25m for Keane, and reports suggest Dyche will offer the Royals around £3m for Moore.
Michael Keane looks set to leave Burnley this summer. PA photo.
Moore, 24, signed for around £1.5m after being frozen out by former Foxes’ boss Claudio Ranieri.
And the defender recently admitted Royals’ boss Stam took a risk by bringing him to Berkshire despite his lack of first-team football.
There was no point in me staying at Leicester,” asserted Moore.
“It does nothing for me and does nothing for anybody else.
“Financially I took a pay cut because I wanted to play football. There was no point seeing out another year because it might have made my pockets a bit bigger.
“Playing regularly has made me a happier person, it’s what I love and what I’ve always wanted to do.
“For him to bring me here off the back of not much football at all except for a dodgy spell at Bristol is a good thing. I’m very happy, I’m very thankful and I’ve tried to show that in all my performances.”
Moore’s move paid off straight away as Moore asserted himself as a mainstay in the Royals’ back line, forming a formidable partnership with Paul McShane.
The defender made more than 45 appearances last season in total, but his season ended in tatters when he skied a penalty over the crossbar in Reading’s play-off final defeat to Huddersfield Town.
Moore was left devastated after he blazed a penalty over the crossbar in the play-off final.
Moore is the third player to be linked with a switch to a Premier League side in recent days after Liam Kelly emerged as a target for Swansea City.
Meanwhile Danny Williams, whose contract expires at the end of the month, is rumoured to be a target for Huddersfield.
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