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New Burnley chairman Alan Pace: Agents already offering me players - it's ridiculous

New Burnley chairman Alan Pace has set out their plans after last week's takeover.

And he insists those plans include manager Sean Dyche.

He told the Daily Mail: "If we were to walk in and change everything then we'd get marched out. We don't want to start over. You can do that at big clubs because no real community owns that club.

"It's our goal to make us England's favourite underdog. We want to take down some of the big boys and Sean is critical to what we're doing. What does a great manager do? Help people rise beyond what they think they can achieve. We've seen that consistently and that tells you how great Sean is. He's doing an awesome job.

"We would like him to continue for as long as he'd like to. That will be his choice."

The manager will be given funds this month, although that will be measured.

"I'll tell you, I've been offered players within 24 hours of being in charge," says Pace. "That is ridiculous. I don't like what I see from agents. There is a good chance for us to do things differently.

"What you'll learn from us is that we under-promise and over-deliver. The last thing we want to do is come here and say 'We'll spend £30million in the window, we'll be in the Champions League in five years'. We are here to work our tails off and there will be some cool stuff along the way.

"There is an evolution on the sports tech side and it's really time football started to go a bit further. When you look at data and analytics, they don't require someone needing to have done 30 years as a scout. There is a little bit of living in the past [in football]."

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