Friday, July 29, 2016

Soaring player prices making life difficult for Burnley boss

Burnley manager Sean Dyche admits the soaring costs in this summer's transfer window are making it difficult to secure his targets. Leicester City's N'Golo Kante moving to Chelsea for £30 million just a year after joining from Caen for £7m and Bournemouth buying Liverpool's 20-year-old winger Jordon Ibe for £15 million are just two deals which reflect a sharp increase in fees. The Clarets return to the Premier League, where the team who finishes last will still earn about £100 million, after one season away and on their previous top-flight outing Dyche worked with the smallest budget of any club by a considerable margin. Those limitations are making recruitment difficult with Burnley's summer spending is £3.6m so far on Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Nick Pope. "We know who the players are, it's doing the deals, that's for the chairman to get on and do," Dyche said. "The market is challenging, I'm a broken record but it's the truth, it's not just us, when you see the numbers flying around it is a big challenge. "There's certain clubs spending a lot of money, which is probably surprising in another way when people see the amounts on certain players. "Then there are others who are...

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