Burnley 'Keeper Seeking Exit Door

Burnley goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly has revealed that he wants to leave the club after falling down the pecking order at Turf Moor...

Nov 6, 2008 10:09:49 AM

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Burnley goalkeepr Gabor Kiraly has admitted to asking for a transfer away from the Championship after falling down the pecking order at Turf Moor behind both Diego Penny and Brian Jensen.

32-year-old Kiraly, who has been capped 70 times by Hungary, moved to Burnley in 2007 from Crystal Palace and has made 27 league appearances during his time with the Clarets.

However, Kiraly, who has also enjoyed loan spells at Premier League duo West Ham and Aston Villa as well as plying his trade for German club Hertha Berlin and Hungarian side Szombathelyi Haladas, feels it is time to move on as he needs to be playing first-team football at this stage in his career.

"I feel I'm better than a third-choice goalkeeper and want to find a club where I can face a new challenge," he is reported to have told the British tabloid the Daily Mail.

Meanwhile, Burnley manager Owen Coyle has insisted that while midfielder Chris Eagles (who scored both goals in the Clarets' 2-0 win over Norwich last weekend) has been performing well recently, there is indeed room for improvement.

"He'll tell you, and I'm certainly the first to tell him, he's not the finished article," Coyle remarked.

He continued: "He's got a lot to do. We know offensively what he can bring to the game, but equally we're working on a daily basis to try to teach him the other side of that, because anything we try to do here we do it together.

"He was tracking back and I think we can now add to that with a purpose as opposed to taking up all that energy.

"Yes, there will be fine individuals within that team framework but it's very much a team effort."

Ricky Brooks, Goal.com