Oliver Younger is out to make up for lost time as he looks to hit the ground running in pre-season.
The teenage defender suffered an injury-hit campaign with the Clarets’ Under-23s last season to stall the progress that had seen him secure a two-year professional deal in the summer of 2018 after being named as the club’s Young Player of the Year.
An impressive start to the 2018/19 Professional Development League season under Michael Duff and then Steve Stone had taken Younger to the fringes of the Clarets’ first-team squad before succession of hamstring problems forced him onto the sidelines from the turn of the year.