Manchester City fans have been reacting to a post on Twitter which relays a report that claims CJ Egan-Riley and Taylor Harwood-Bellis are set to be confirmed as Burnley players this week.
CJ Egan-Riley has come through the tanks at City and has represented England at age-group level. Born and raised in Manchester, the 19-year-old centre back has been at the Etihad Stadium for more than a decade.
He made his first-team debut during the Carabao Cup meeting against League One side Wycombe Wanderers last season. He went on to play 90 minutes against Sporting in the Champions League while his Premier League bow came off the bench as a late sub against Newcastle United.
Harwood-Bellis is a familiar name to Kompany who had him on loan at Anderlecht for the first half of last season, where he featured 20 times. The 20-year-old joined Stoke City for the second half of the season and has also spent time with Blackburn Rovers.
According to Manchester Evening News, Harwood-Bellis will join the Clarets on a season-long loan and will link up with their new boss Vincent Kompany for the second time, having played under the City legend at Anderlecht.
While the deal to take Egan-Riley to Turf Moor is a permanent one and will be finalised once his Etihad contract expires tomorrow.
The report was shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters.
“Good for them.”
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“Vincent’s gonna rob all our youngsters”
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“I’m all for it people don’t realize the relationship goes both ways. If they become world-class players, City will have first dibs.”
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“Letting CJ go on a permanent deal is a head scratcher ngl. Showed poise and promise in his few appearances for us.”
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“Didn’t realise he was out of contract. Makes sense now, it’s a good move for him”
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“Guessing both Egan Riley and Harwood Bellis will be announced together as early as Friday as the former’s contract runs out tomorrow. Hopefully HB can put his activites with “those down the road” behind him ”
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