Burnley star Danny Ings helps a little girl's "Bucket List'' dreams come true

Burnley star Danny Ings has shown his kind side by vowing to help a little girl with a life-threatening illness to complete her bucket list.

Striker Danny arranged to meet Harlee-Jae Procter, four, and her family, after reading about her story on Twitter.

Harlee-Jae suffers from a rare genetic condition and is a huge fan of Ings’ team Burnley.

The striker, tipped as a future England international, was so moved by her plight that he met her at his club’s training ground and promised to help her tick off as many of the items on her wishlist as possible.

Ings, who lives in Worsley in Salford, said he had made ‘a new best friend’ after meeting with the Bacup schoolgirl.The Clarets hotshot has now promised to take Harlee-Jae to the zoo, to Turf Moor as his mascot and even joked he would dress as Elsa from the film Frozen to entertain her.

Harlee-Jae became a fan of Ings after playing the video game FIFA.

During their meeting, she told him about her hopes to be a cowgirl, ride an elephant and eat breakfast with Barney the Dinosaur.

Ings told the Manchester Evening News: “It’s a nice feeling for me to meet her. Hopefully we can work together and tick off as many things as we can. I think we can do most of them.

“We’re going to contact the zoo and see if we can go there for the afternoon and we’re going to see some animals so I’m really looking forward to that.

"I’ve never been to a zoo so I’m looking forward to it just as much as she is. I’m really excited for it.

“I’ve got myself a new best friend. And she gave me a kiss on the cheek as well which was nice.”

Since creating her list, Harlee-Jae has flown in an airplane cockpit, travelled in a police car with Bacup officers and is due to visit the Lancashire Police Mounted Section.