Ade set for the USA

Last updated : 26 March 2009 By Tony Scholes
Ade Akinbiyi
The most recent link has been with MLS club Houston Dynamo and it has been confirmed this morning that Ade could be set to join them and is ready to have talks. He'll be flying out to Texas this weekend for talks about a potential move there.

His contract with the Clarets comes to an end this summer and given that he's hardly featured this season it was never likely that his stay at Turf Moor would be extended and he will leave with words of praise from manager Owen Coyle.

He said: "Ade is in negotiations with Houston and he would go there with our blessing. He has been a magnificent professional and a great servant to Burnley Football Club. But he wants a change of lifestyle and I would never stand in his way."

Ade is in his second spell with the Clarets. He had a hugely successful period from February 2005 to January 2006 before being sold to Sheffield United. He returned just over two years ago from Bramall Lane when he's been used more as a substitute, and with some success.

His last appearance for the Clarets was against Spurs in the Carling Cup and I think we'll all remember his last goal, down in front of the Shed at Stamford Bridge.