After joining Burnley on loan in the summer with a buyout clause of €18 million under specific terms, Mike Trésor had hoped for significantly more playing time than he is getting at the moment.
There were high expectations for the teenage attacker, who had just finished a season with eight goals and 24 assists in 42 appearances, when he arrived at Turf Moor.
The 24-year-old has been sitting on the bench since his previous Burnley appearance on January 12th. He most recently did not play in the 2-2 draw against West Ham, after which he spoke with Walfoot about his circumstances.
Frustrated about the result when his teammates were 2-0 up, Trésor made it clear the mentality is still good at the club, and they will continue to approach games in the same manner going forward.
However, he knows that making the Belgium squad for this summer’s Euros ‘will be complicated’ as things stand, especially since Vincent Kompany isn’t playing him, with Walfoot recalling he has gone from being a valuable asset at KRC Genk to a ‘ghost’ at his current club.
This is the same Kompany who was the one to convince him to sign at Burnley in the first place, which Trésor expanded a bit on.
He said: “Vincent had a certain type of football in mind, one that he wanted to play, and I matched it. That’s all. Now, we’ll see. All I need is for people to still believe in me and we’ll see in the future.”
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