Dyche concerned about Clarets’ financial clout
Burnley manager Sean Dyche admits his team will struggle to compete with some of the promoted sides financially as they bid to keep overachieving on the pitch.
The Clarets finished 16th in the Premier League last season, relying on their home form to remain relatively clear of the relegation scrap.
However after keeping up Burnley for the second straight season, Dyche is still feeling the pinch financially and admits it will be a struggle to match the likes of Newcastle and Brighton, who have both come up from the Championship.
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He said: “Newcastle are coming up – we’re not going to catch them, they’ve got (owner’s money), same with Brighton.
“Brighton’s wage bill is above ours already. Then you’ve got a smaller one in Huddersfield.
“I believe their owners are wealthy, but are running it steady. They want to run it more like a concern.
“So two of the three coming up are going to be above us immediately financially.”
“A fan said to me ‘we’re the same as Newcastle now, because we get the same TV money’.
“But they’ve got a fella behind them who is a billionaire, on 50,000 attendances and all the corporate and shirt sales.
“That’s how fans sometimes think – ‘why are they spending more than us when we get the same TV deal?’
“But often they have a benefactor who says ‘go for your life’.
“We’re one of the rare clubs who looks more like a business model than most, and it’s sort of because it has to.”
