Guidetti started in City's Carling Cup defeat by West Brom in September

Championship side Burnley have signed Manchester City striker John Guidetti on loan until 3 January.

The 18-year-old Sweden Under-21 international scored a hat-trick for the City reserve team against Burnley's second string in March.

Clarets manager Brian Laws told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We couldn't believe how young he was. He ran our centre-halves all over the place.

"We've been keeping close tabs. There were a lot of clubs chasing him."

Guidetti, who was taken to Eastlands by former boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, spent time on loan with Swedish side IF Brommapojkarna last season and started in City's Carling Cup defeat by West Brom in September.

"Stuart Gray [Burnley first-team coach] is best mates with David Platt [City assistant manager], which allows us to have this communication link," added Laws.

"We want to have a good close look at him to see if he can bring something to the table.

"If we can achieve that in the short term there's another long-term future where we can link in a bit more. We want to be the first ones in there."

Guidetti could make his Clarets debut in Saturday's visit of Derby County.

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