Burnley have made an offer of £13.5million for Maxwel Cornet and are now able to speak to the Lyon left-back.
As reported by The Athletic, Burnley manager Sean Dyche is eager to secure the signing of the 24-year-old and the Clarets have made the best bid for Cornet so far this summer.
If Cornet does depart then it would provide Lyon with funds that could be used to sign Xherdan Shaqiri from Liverpool.
Cornet is also capable of operating on the left side of midfield and has featured prominently for Lyon over the past year and a half.