‘We can’t afford to take transfer risks,’ says Burnley boss Dyche

Burnley manager Sean Dyche believes the transfer market is getting increasingly difficult for all clubs and that he will only go after the ‘right type’ of player.

The Clarets boss is looking to strengthen the ranks at Turf Moor after he secured the Clarets’ Premier League status for a second year running, despite operating with a tight budget.

Last season, Burnley broke their transfer record with the £13m purchase of Robbie Brady, and chairman Mike Garlick has previously stated that Dyche will have a bigger budget to work with this summer.

But Dyche says that finding the right player for Burnley is getting tougher and tougher amidst an inflated transfer market.

“In an ideal world, you want players in as early as you can but in reality, it doesn’t happen very often and if it does, they’re big deals when the money’s right,” said Dyche.

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“We’ve always got targets and ideally, we’ve not got just one, because it’s rare we get the first one we go after.

“When I first started six years ago, you could ring a manager and get it done quite quickly if there was a deal to be done – now it’s not like that.

“The idea of breaking the transfer record sounds grandiose but when you look at the figures, they’re not enormous in the modern game.

“Usually, the clubs that take a big risk are the ones with a backer, so if the TV money dries up, they’re okay anyway.

“They take a bigger, more inflated risks. If you’re our club, it has to be a manageable risk, which is hard.”