WARD SIGNS FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEAL

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Young defender extends contract until 2025

2022-10-13T15:00:00.000Z

WARD SIGNS FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEAL

Young defender extends contract until 2025

2022-10-13T15:00:00.000Z

Young defender extends contract until 2025

Burnley Football Club are pleased to confirm that Benn Ward has put pen to paper on his first professional deal, running until June 2025.

A powerful centre back, the 18-year-old is also able to move into midfield and first joined the Clarets in January 2021 from non-league outfit Hastings United where he had been playing regular first-team football at only 16.

With experience also to his name in the academy setup at Brighton & Hove Albion, the teenager played at both U18 & U23 levels last term, impressing towards the back end of the campaign on his return from injury.

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Netting his first goal at U21 level a few weeks ago in a 2-0 win at Wigan Athletic, Ward now pens his first professional contract, and is delighted to have done so.

He said: “Burnley is a great Club and a great place to be. I’ve progressed so much already in the time I’ve been here that securing my future long-term was a no-brainer.

“I’m still young and I have a lot to learn, but this is the right place for me to do just that. I want to gain more experience, and it goes without saying that the ambition has to be to eventually get myself into the first-team setup.

“Like a lot of the U21 lads, and even some of the U18s, I’ve trained with them a bit already over the last couple of months and once you’ve had a taste of it, that’s where you want to be at.