BRIAN Jensen will make one final concerted effort to regain his place at Burnley and salvage his Turf Moor career – but he remains eager to leave this summer if he cannot dislodge Lee Grant as the club’s number one.

Jensen submitted a formal transfer request in December after being upset at being dropped by former boss Brian Laws, although the keeper was persuaded to take himself off the transfer list by new manager Eddie Howe a month later.

But the Dane, who still has more than a year left on his Turf Moor contract, has continued to be back-up to first-choice keeper Grant since then and has now not appeared for the Clarets since October.

Jensen has been a Burnley player since 2003 and remains committed to the cause for the rest of the season, with nine games left of the regular season to win his place back.

But his agent, the Chorley-born former Blackpool and Porto striker Mickey Walsh, has confirmed that Jensen will again reluctantly seek to leave this summer if he remains second choice.

The 35-year-old, who had briefly been rumoured to be interesting Blackpool during the Premier League side’s recent injury crisis, is keen to stay in England but could also attract interest from the United States, Portugal or his native Denmark.

“Obviously at his stage of his career he wants to play football, whether that’s at Burnley or somewhere else,” said Walsh.

“He has spoken to the manager and they are aware he is not happy, but at the same time he is working hard to try to win a place. And they’ve had a lean spell, so who knows?

“It’s more than likely a decision will be made at the end of the season.

“Obviously Burnley would need a replacement before they could let him go.”