Dyche says Burnley will continue to be sensible in the transfer market

Burnley boss Sean Dyche says that Premier League survival doesn’t mean he will go and splash the cash in the summer transfer window.

The Clarets have won ten games at home so far this season that has played a major part in their survival but have not been as good on the road.

Burnley signed Robbie Brady for a club-record fee of around £13m in January, as well as the likes of Jeff Hendrick and Steven Defour last summer, but Dyche said the club will continue to be realistic when investing in players.

“We’ve never been market leaders financially,” Dyche said. “We have money but it has to be managed wisely. If I was at another club and I didn’t have that challenge, I’d manage whatever I had.

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“The key thing for me is being pragmatic about it and working with the club and I think that’s a better way of managing personally, but it is tough.”

Burnley lost 2-1 to Bournemouth on Saturday and Dyche compared his side’s financial situation to that of the Cherries, who have benefited from the backing of Russian businessman Maxim Demin since 2011

“When you’re talking about the Premier League and half the Championship, the reality is you’ve got people who own the clubs who have hundreds and hundreds of millions. We haven’t,” Dyche said.

“This club itself [Bournemouth] have got a backer who has supported them hugely, a massive, massive amount of money that they’ve generated from his resource. We just haven’t got that. Even if we did have, I’m not sure the club believe in that.”