Burnley boss Sean Dyche is standing by veteran Joey Barton.

Barton looks increasingly likely to see out the season at Turf Moor despite the threat of a ban for breaking Football Association rules on betting.

Dyche, whose side visit Middlesbrough today looking for a first away win of the season, has no problem with continuing to pick Barton.

The Burnley boss said: “Joey's had an interesting background of various events and he just keeps going.

“Other players, things would play on their mind. He just cracks on.

“It's remarkable single mindedness, but he's that type, he just gets on with the task.

“For us, he's always been 'show me the task, the expectation of what you want, I'll tell you what I can do', and we agree to move forward."