Dyche is planning big shop in future
BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche plans on signing bigger-profile, more expensive transfer targets.
After years of watching the pennies, Dyche is optimistic the club’s new owners – ALK Capital – will pursue players previously out of his reach.
“Often when we buy players they aren’t recognised as maybe number one players, but then we mould them into a way of working that improves them and us,” said the Clarets chief.
“The obvious one at the moment is Josh Brownhill who has moulded nicely into what we’re trying to achieve.
“Josh ended up costing about £3million from Bristol City, which is pretty good value for a midfield player based on how he is going about his business at the minute.
“But they are hard to find. It’s not an exact science so hopefully we can mix that with some possibly higher-profile, higher-finance signings over time.
“It’s a mix of development in-house and getting the right players in when we can.
“Whatever challenges come into football the superpower clubs have always bought players and will pay what they need to pay to get them.
“We haven’t been able to do that and I don’t think that will radically change. We want to move forward in the right way.
“So it won’t be a case of ripping it up and starting again and here’s £100m and get on with it.
“It’ll be about layering up and moving the club forward kind of like it was going anyway, with maybe more of an open-mindedness to what the transfer market is offering.
“But even that is tricky because we don’t truly know with Covid what the market is.”