Just found a tweet about him attending a kid's birthday party in Burnley today - dropped by to surprise her. Might suggest this rumour is false? He is, however, possibly the saintliest footballer ever.
To be fair, the fan could have been a Burnley fan who lives in Southampton... Or the kid loves claret as in booze? Or the party was yesterday and the pics went up today! #morestraws
Or of course my rumour could have been false. To be fair it came from a friend who does not like football which is why I didn't think it was a wind-up. A friend she was with "Identified" Danny
For some context... Burnley: Heaton; Trippier, Duff, Shackell (c), Mee; Arfield, Marney, Jones, Wallace; Barnes, Jutkiewicz. Bench: Gilks, Taylor, Lafferty, O'Neill, Long, Anderson, Hewitt, Kightly, Gilchrist, Sordell.
Is that their stronger XI do you know? Would want to be playing in a match this close to the season and play 90 minutes too. Hmm...
It's pretty much the same team they played last friendly, so it's certainly not a deliberately weakened side.
Is this the first night of a series of wonderful surpris-Ings? We are calling about your internet providings!
Burnley have given no explanation as to why he's not there. They've just posted a strange update on twitter.
@BurnleyOfficial: For those asking, we currently have no news on Danny Ings and we'll bring you an update as soon as we have one. #claretsLIVE
Burnley FC ‏@BurnleyOfficial 4m For those asking, we currently have no news on Danny Ings and we'll bring you an update as soon as we have one. #claretsLIVE