FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - International Friendly - Japan v Ivory Coast - Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands - October 13, 2020 Ivory Coast's Maxwel Cornet in action with Japan's Junya Ito REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
(Reuters) - Ivory Coast international Maxwel Cornet has joined Burnley from Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais on a five-year contract, the Premier League club said on Sunday.
Financial details were not disclosed but British media reported that the transfer fee for Cornet was close to Burnley's joint club record of 15 million pounds ($20.65 million) for defender Ben Gibson and striker Chris Wood.
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