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​Burnley boss Dyche supports behind closed doors suggestion

Burnley manager Sean Dyche is not opposed to finishing the Premier League behind closed doors.

The league are exploring every option that would allow them to conclude the season before the end of the summer.

And a quarantined tournament has been touted by many as the solution.

And Dyche said of the latest proposal: "I think the think tanks of football are working overtime to look at how it can be done.

"The thing that is sometimes forgotten is the social, feelgood factor of football - you probably realise how big it is when it's complete shutdown, and you haven't got other sports of course.

"I know it shuts down in the summer, but you move on to other sports then.

"When the other sports are not there, you realise how big it is.

"Then, of course, the revenue side of things - it brings enormous revenue into the country as well, so, at a time when the government are going to need that revenue, I think that's a factor as well.

"That's not as important, obviously, as what's going on, but it's still there."

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