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title: "Burnley: Chris Wood aiming for 20-goal mark next season"
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author: "Liam Togher"
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published: "2020-08-21T15:00:12Z"
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# Burnley: Chris Wood aiming for 20-goal mark next season

**Burnley striker [Chris Wood](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-transfer-rumours/newcastle-transfer-interest-chris-wood/) has been reflecting on an “extraordinary” season for him at Turf Moor while setting himself a “dream-worthy” target for the upcoming campaign.**

The 28-year-old scored [14 goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdaten/spieler/108725) for the Clarets in last season’s Premier League but now he is aiming towards the 20-goal mark, amid recent transfer speculation linking him with Newcastle and Southampton (as per [Sunday Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sunday-mirror) via [HITC](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/08/16/report-newcastle-and-southampton-want-burnleys-chris-wood/)).

Reflecting on his 2019/20 haul, he told New Zealand media outlet [1 News](https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/football/im-fighting-chris-wood-eyes-20-goal-premier-league-mark): “My highest goal tally is for me, something that’s extraordinary. Not many people seem to do that on a yearly \[basis\], so hopefully I can continue that and go better this year.

However, when asked about the potential to reach 20 goal next season, he [stated](https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/football/im-fighting-chris-wood-eyes-20-goal-premier-league-mark): “That is something that would be extremely hard. That is a feat that is dream-worthy for me. You look at Harry Kane, he only got 18 this season. \[Marcus\] Rashford only got 17, \[Raul\] Jimenez, 17.

“You have to be the top players in the league to get to the 20-goal mark. Don’t get me wrong, I’m fighting for it and doing my best to get there, but it’s a long way off. Hopefully I can get there but it would be a big occasion if I did.”

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Wood’s 14 goals in 2019/20 made him Burnley’s [top scorer](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-burnley/leistungsdaten/verein/1132) for the season, [three ahead of Jay Rodriguez](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-burnley/leistungsdaten/verein/1132), and was his highest tally for a single top-flight campaign. Indeed, the New Zealand striker has only had one other season in which he had a higher tally for league goals, 27 for Leeds in the Championship in 2016/17. \[via [TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/108725)\]

His haul from last season was no dramatic fluke, though, as he has struck double figures in [each of his last five league campaigns](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/108725).

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Wood already has an ideal role model to try and emulate in his mission to crack the 20-goal barrier next term – in the most recent Premier League season, Danny Ings was the joint-second highest scorer with 22 goals, just one short of Golden Boot winner Jamie Vardy (as per [TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/torschuetzenliste/wettbewerb/GB1/saison_id/2019)).

Notably, the ex-Clarets striker managed that haul not for a title-chasing or even European-contending club but for Southampton, who [finished below Burnley](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/tabelle/wettbewerb/GB1/saison_id/2019) in the table. Also, unlike Wood, the England international came from a position of relative weakness, having scored just [10 goals over the preceding four top-flight seasons](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/danny-ings/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/134294).

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

It should please Burnley supporters to hear that Wood is striving to reach 20 goals for the season, a sure sign of his ambition to further improve upon consistently impressive scoring tallies.

That may be challenging in what isn’t a hugely prolific Clarets side – only [one team in the top 12 scored fewer league goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/tabelle/wettbewerb/GB1/saison_id/2019) last term – but if anyone at Turf Moor is capable of emulating Ings’ feat of 2019/20, it would seem to be their ever-reliable marksman from New Zealand.

***Burnley fans, are you impressed by Wood’s ambition to hit 20 goals next season? Tell us what you think by commenting below!***