Owen Coyle is eager to secure a move for the Coronel Bolognesi stopper, dependant on the verdict of a Home Office panel.

Penny, who has, in the past, attracted interest from Fiorentina, Cologne and Burnley's Championship rivals Barnsley, is believed to be keen to move to England, and said to El Bocon: "My agent is handling the negotiations with Burnley.

"The last thing he said to me is that the only thing that is left to be done is obtaining my work permit to be able to play in England.

"Besides that, the negotiations are going in the right way I'd prefer not talking too much about it. I have to wait and be calm.

"To tell the truth I don't want to stay. I want to leave Peru to play in a better league and to have a better way of living, a better lifestyle.

"I want to improve, so if this transfer is done it will be a very good chance."

However, as the club have found in the past, in the cases of Luton Shelton and Artim Sakiri, any such appeal is in the lap of the gods.

It all comes down to the unpredictable process of getting UK work permits for non-European players.

The rules on whether a player is granted automatic entry are straightforward.

Players must have played in 75% of internationals for his country in the two years before the application, while the player's country must regularly make the top 70 FIFA world rankings.

That is the easy part.

However, the grey areas arise when a club disputes a permit rejection, by trying to convince an appeal board of the player's ability to make a significant contribution to the development of the English game.

Peru are currently ranked 64 in the world, but Penny has not played in 75% of A-listed internationals in the last two years.

He was in the Peru squad at last summer's Copa America, without making an appearance, and was again named in the panel for all four World Cup qualifiers in the Autumn.

However, having not featured in the 4-0 friendly defeat against Mexico last Wednesday, he was not in the squad last week to face Columbia and Uruguay.