Burnley

Lyle Foster

A big, mobile forward who leads the line the way a target man used to, competing for everything in the air and using his frame to hold play up. He is not just physical though, since scouts flagged real technical potential in him early.
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Among EFL Championship 2026/27 forwards

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Lyle Foster, The Target Man With Real Feet

A physically imposing striker recognised early for technical quality that goes beyond simply winning the ball in the air.

Foster gives a forward line something a lot of Championship attacks lack, a physical focal point capable of winning a header or holding off a defender until support arrives. His build lets him compete against centre backs used to bullying smaller strikers, and he uses that size to buy time rather than just win duels. Scouts picked him out as a serious talent long before the physical side became the obvious headline.

The tension with a forward built this way is whether the technical quality that got him noticed as a teenager gets buried under the target man label. A striker who can hold the ball up and finish chances himself is far more dangerous than one who only does the first. Foster has shown enough of both to make that case, even if the physical side tends to get noticed first.

The Rest Of The Squad

32 players

Goalkeepers

1
Max Weiss
Age 22
2 apps
13
Ben Amos
Port Vale · Age 36
0 apps
37
Grégoire Coudert
Age 27
0 apps

Defenders

6
Bashir Humphreys
Age 23
2 apps
2
Kyle Walker
Age 36
2 apps
23
Lucas Pires
Age 25
2 apps
3
Max Alleyne
Manchester City · Age 21
2 apps 1a
22
Oliver Sonne
Age 25
2 apps
14
Connor Roberts
Age 30
1 app
15
Anel Ahmedhodzic
Age 27
0 apps
18
Hjalmar Ekdal
Sweden · Age 27
0 apps
4
Joe Worrall
Age 29
0 apps
36
Jordan Beyer
Age 26
0 apps
20
Shurandy Sambo
Curaçao · Age 25
0 apps

Midfielders

21
Aaron Ramsey
Leicester City · Age 23
2 apps
28
Hannibal Mejbri
Tunisia · Age 23
2 apps
29
Josh Laurent
Age 31
2 apps
8
Ugo Raghouber
Age 23
2 apps
24
Josh Cullen
Age 30
0 apps

Forwards

27
Armando Broja
Age 24
2 apps
7
Jacob Bruun Larsen
Age 27
2 apps
10
Marcus Edwards
Age 27
2 apps
11
Zeki Amdouni
Switzerland · Age 25
2 apps
12
Dastan Satpaev
Age 18
1 app
31
Mike Trésor
Age 27
1 app
19
Zian Flemming
Age 28
1 app 2g
17
Andréas Hountondji
Age 24
0 apps
35
Ashley Barnes
Age 36
0 apps
48
Enock Agyei
Age 21
0 apps
34
Jaydon Banel
Derby County · Age 21
0 apps
30
Lluc Castell
Age 19
0 apps
45
Michael Obafemi
Blackpool · Age 26
0 apps

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