Sean Dyche hopes Burnley have better luck with injuries next season.

The Clarets narrowly escaped relegation thanks to a great second half of the season.

While Dyche wants to add depth to his squad, he believes keeping his key players fit will help Burnley's cause.

He said: “I think, what we've done, we've been unfortunate with injuries over the last 12 months, that's affected it.

“Not necessarily better equipped in the sense of, they can't all just be brilliant again overnight, but you'd like to think, come the beginning of next season, I'd like to think it's improbable we'll have that many injuries, from the start point.

“You're stronger by the nature of just having more available players.

“The idea is to keep narrowing down the list until you get to a group of players that fit as many of the boxes as possible.

“In our world that's difficult. If you think of age range, availability, productivity for now and the future, contractually, fees.

“That's why it's such a difficult market for us. The club do want a lot of boxes ticked.

“It's ongoing links and conversation. We have to keep thinking about what comes in and what goes out.

“We're stronger now with what goes out. It's keeping your eye on the market."