Burnley have signed Grégoire Coudert from ASPTT Brest for an undisclosed fee, with the 27-year-old becoming Burnley’s sixth summer signing. He played 26 times for Brest last season and has arrived on a four-year contract. The move gives Burnley another goalkeeper option behind Max Weiss, who started the Clarets’ first two league games.
Burnley's goalkeeper competition
Coudert said the move gives him a fresh start in England. "I'm really pleased to have joined Burnley and to be playing in England for the first time in my career. It's a great new chapter for me; I can't wait to get working with the team and I'm more than ready for this opportunity," he told the BBC.
Burnley’s need for extra depth in goal is not hard to understand after the way last year went. They finished 19th in the Premier League in 2025 and conceded 75 league goals across 38 matches. Weiss has already shown he is part of the current picture too, with an 8.2 rating in Burnley’s latest league game and 95 minutes played in that match.
What Coudert adds to the squad
This is a straightforward squad-building move rather than a headline signing, but that is probably the point. Coudert arrives with first-team minutes behind him at Brest and gives Burnley another senior option in a position they clearly wanted to strengthen. The club have now made six summer signings, and this one fits the pattern of adding competition rather than simply filling a place.
Burnley have not said Coudert is arriving to take the No 1 shirt, and there is no need to push it that far. He is there to challenge Weiss, and the first two league games suggest that battle is already live. The next question is how quickly Coudert gets into the mix after Burnley’s latest addition to a busy summer.
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