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Burnley launch global talent search via mobile phone app

The coronavirus pandemic has made football clubs change the way they scout their future stars.

Burnley think they have found one answer - by asking youngsters from around the world to trial for the club's academy using a mobile phone app.

Footballers aged over 14 can film themselves performing specific drills and then upload them to the app, which uses artificial intelligence technology to analyse, rate and compare players.

Burnley, who were taken over by American investment group ALK Capital in December, will invite "exceptional" youngsters identified by scouts from the app to formal academy trials later this year.