Burnley's Aaron Lennon won't celebrate vs. Everton if he scores

Published on: 02 March 2018

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Burnley winger Aaron Lennon will not be celebrating if he scores against his old club Everton in Saturday's Premier League contest at Turf Moor.

Lennon, 30, joined the Clarets in January for an undisclosed fee after three years with the Toffees.

Asked ahead of this weekend's game if he would celebrate should he get on the scoresheet, Lennon said: "No.

"Just because the fans were great for me -- they were so supportive through a lot of difficult times. I wouldn't celebrate if I scored, no.''

Lennon, who made 77 Everton appearances in total, returned to action for the Merseyside outfit in August having not been part of the matchday squad for the last nine games of 2016-17.

In May it emerged he had been detained under the Mental Health Act amid concerns for his welfare, with Everton at the time saying he was receiving treatment for a "stress-related illness.''

In July, as he thanked various people for their support, Lennon said that which he had received from Everton and their fans had been "incredible.''

He joined the club in February 2015 on loan from Tottenham until the end of that season, before making the move permanent at the start of 2015-16.

And he added ahead of Saturday's match: "Everton was great for me.

"The lads, everyone to do with the football club, the fans as well, from the moment I got there, they were great with me.

"I haven't got a bad word to say about Everton Football Club.''

Lennon played 19 times for Everton this term -- six more than in the whole of the previous season -- which included nine league starts.

He left with Yannick Bolasie having recently made his return to action after long-term injury and Theo Walcott newly arrived from Arsenal.

Lennon, holder of 21 England caps, has started each of Burnley's last three games.

And he said: "Obviously I want to play -- like everyone else, you want to play each week, and obviously it had come to the time where you start to look at it and think 'I've missed a lot of football in the last year-and-a-half or so and maybe it is time to move on'.

"I think I made the right decision.''

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