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Dyche insists Premier League holds no fear for Burnley

Burnley will embrace the challenge of competing in the Premier League this season, says manager Sean Dyche.

Dyche won't allow his squad - whose crown jewels are England under-21 striker Danny Ings and £5million-rated defender Kieran Trippier - to feel any fear.

"We are leaving Burnley-world and going into the reality of Premier League-world but it's not scary," he insists to the Mail on Sunday.

"I know if you catch some of those top boys like Aguero and Sanchez when they are on a hot day, you can get badly hurt. But without being disrespectful, they are still human. They have ups and downs, no player no matter how valuable can be a magician every single week.

"We are built on a real group mentality rather than individuals. If we bought one big star you'd get this weird thing in the camp. You'd have baggage of all the players who have done well for you whose contracts are nowhere near that of the signing you've just made.

"It would hurt us so, if my chairman came to me and said "Look, we will buy that £20m player", I would say I don't think it is appropriate for this club at this time. It would harm the group and unquestionably we have talent here already."

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