News about Johann Berg Gudmundsson

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP: After opening their season by drubbing fellow relegated side Luton 4-1 away, the goals continued to flow, with an early own goal by Cardiff keeper Ethan Horvath followed by goals from Luca Koleosho, Josh Brownhill, Zeki Amdouni and Johann Berg Gudmundsson. Parker, who took over from Vincent Kompany this summer, said: 'I know five goals have gone in, but I'm probably more pleased with the way the team dealt with the start and how we nudged and kept jabbing our way to a point where we can execute and go and win the game.'

Burnley have confirmed the release of two players following the expiration of their contracts this summer. The Clarets will be playing their football in the Championship after being relegated from the Premier League, finishing 19th.

Can Burnley somehow pull off the greatest of escapes? They were written off as doomed earlier in the season but in this form, survival is not out of the question.  Certainly that was the way Johann Berg Gudmundsson was talking after Vincent Kompany's resurgent side destroyed Sheffield United. Iceland midfielder Gudmundsson, who scored the Clarets' fourth at Bramall Lane, said: 'We believe we can do something special. We have four cup finals left but in the dressing room we're all in this together.

Burnley's match against Luton Town in Premier League action is on Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, squad news, and stats.

The first international break of the new season is here, but Premier League players will not be given any time for rest and relaxation as they represent their respective nations. Any English top-flight player is residing in the United Kingdom, and the air miles are racking up for people traveling around the world to compete in international tournaments. When the Premier League returns, players will be able to travel for shorter trips abroad for European Championship qualifiers against Ukraine and Scotland, but others will have to face long-haul flights that could cause wreak havoc on their body clocks.

Burnley has bought 13 players this summer, and all of the Clarets starters yesterday, bar one, were signed by the Belgian in the last 14 months, with veteran quartet Josh Brownhill, Jack Cork, Jay Rodriguez, and Johann Berg Gudmundsson as substitutes. Naturally, there was a lack of cohesion, but Kompany insists that his squad will get used to the required level in the Premier League as quickly as possible, despite the fact that Burnley have lost their first two games, both at Turf Moor and elsewhere.

Vincent Kompany was promoted to clinch the Championship title and then try to smash the record for the highest points total in the division. With a victory over Middlesbrough on Friday, the Clarets secured promotion, while second-placed Sheffield United defeated them on Monday night, leaving them needing five points from their previous six games to advance as champions. Kompany, who won the Stanley Cup for his 37th birthday, has a hopes that this could be achieved as soon as next weekend, but said he does not want his team to keep it stagnant at that.

AT TURF MOOR: It took a long time for the album to arrive, but when it did, it was announced with a calm smile. Burnley are going to win the league and they will do it in a record-breaking way. A 2-0 dismissal of 10-man Sheffield United demanded patience, but the team's professional approach ensures that they will have their hands on the trophy sooner or later. It is nothing less than they should be entitled to. Burnley now have 90 points after replacement Johann Berg Gudmundsson's double and five games to re-claim the club's record of 93, which was twice under Sean Dyche. There is absolutely no reason why they can't live longer than a century, and it's impossible to decide who blocks them.

IAN HERBERT AT TURF MOOR: They can't quite get out of Turf Moor's narrow streets. The Royal Dyche pub is also on sale, with the sign above depicting the man in question in breastplate and monarchical posture as he looks across the middle distance. There is still a stein of Royal Dyche lager on sale inside, with 5p from every pint going to charity. And though he's still has the words 'Sean Dyche's claret and blue army' at the bar, Maxwell Cornet scarf pinned up on the door, he's now in West Ham. Nonetheless, the Dychian creed was emblazoned on the programme's huts outside: "Legs, hearts, and minds." It was one thing to defenestrate the man, but it was another to replace him with something diametrically different. Vincent Kompany, his successor, has stifled Route One and replaced it with what he knows: a scenic, patient, and fast route to the goal.

IAN HERBERT AT TURF MOOR: For Vincent Kompany, it was somewhere between brave and foolish to stake his professional image on Burnley this summer. To help settle a £60 million loan that fell on their owners as a result of relegation from the Premier League, the club was releasing all its best players and ending up spending £40 million less than they did in the window. Kompany's win last night, which saw the team win a fourth game, was a testament to his ability to completely rebuild and introduce a dedication to passing, which, with all respect to Sean Dyche, has been missing in these parts. Manuel Benson, a Dutch Chelsea loanee, and Ian Maatsen joined Royal Antwerp for £3.6 million to join Burnley's new Belgian enclave, showing that the new boss's ability to find class on no budget. Route one has departed, and it has been followed by a more direct, often over-elaborate route, with wingers wrangling the flanks and passing sequences, which on this occasion were of the highest order.