Burnley boss Sean Dyche has backed his striker Andre Gray to deal with all the negative attention that is going to come his way in the coming days, weeks and months.

The 25-year-old was slapped with a four-game ban by the FA after the homophobic comments made by him on Twitter in 2012 resurfaced last month.

Gray has now completed his ban and will be back in Dyche's squad for the trip to Manchester United on Saturday.

"I don't know what abuse he will get," Dyche said.

"If you come out, hold your hands up and say 'that's not me any more', what abuse will you get?

"There's no crystal ball for me, he's a young man developing and learning, and there's no guarantees he's going to cope with it in any way, either positive or negative.

"I think it's fair to say his behaviour will be monitored more closely. I don't mind that. I think that comes with the territory a little bit, first of all going into the Premier League as a player and then with an incident that's not to do with football.

"This type of situation, he can only learn from. He's got to learn from it, it's happened, so you get a sanction for it., you pay your price for want of a better way to put it, and move forward.

"The ones who don't learn are often the ones who have trouble in the future, and I don't think he's that type, he's trying to move forward."