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title: "Leicester City: Burnley defender James Tarkowski ‘has a price’, but ‘no contact’ made by Foxes"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Leicester"
published: "2020-09-10T07:30:34Z"
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# Leicester City: Burnley defender James Tarkowski ‘has a price’, but ‘no contact’ made by Foxes

**Writing for [LeicestershireLive](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-stand-james-tarkowski-4495174), journalist Jordan Blackwell has confirmed that there has been ‘no contact’ made between Leicester City and Burnley defender James Tarkowski ‘yet’ – but Clarets boss Sean Dyche has stated that he does have his price.**

Tarkowski, who is valued at a whopping [£50 million](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-stand-james-tarkowski-4495174) by his current club, has impressed over the last two seasons at Turf Moor – forming a solid partnership with Ben Mee and helping Burnley remain in the top flight despite lack of significant investment.

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Brendan Rodgers and co have targeted Tarkowski before, launching a [£30m bid last summer](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-stand-james-tarkowski-4495174) which was swiftly rejected, with Leicester now potentially needing to fork out a lot more if they hope to land the Englishman.

As well as this, Burnley are in no hurry to entertain offers, with Dyche recently stating that the club are in a[‘very strong’](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-stand-james-tarkowski-4495174) position to ward off potential interest in the ‘[surreal](https://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/motd-praise-surreal-tarkowski-720554)‘ defender.

According to [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/131464/History/James-Tarkowski), Tarkowski started all of the Clarets’ 38 top flight matches over 2019/2020 – winning an impressive 5.2 aerial duels per 90 and picking up six Man of the Match awards.

The 27-year-old also racked up an average of [1.7 interceptions in that time and 5.3 clearances](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/131464/History/James-Tarkowski) – more than any Leicester centre-half [managed over last season](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/14/Archive/England-Leicester) – marking him out as a colossal figure in Burnley’s back line.

Taking his numbers into account, it’s little wonder why their valuation of Tarkowski is sky high – with the Foxes potentially needing to break their transfer record, once set by the [acquisition of Youri Tielemans](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-citys-record-transfer-fees-3069669#:~:text=Leicester%20City%20have%20broken%20their,on%20a%20four%2Dyear%20deal.), to land him.

Whether or not the club do invest heavily in a pursuit remains to be seen, but as of yet, there has been ‘no contact’.

***Leicester fans, should the Foxes fork out £50 million for Tarkowski? Have your say in the comments below…***