SEAN Dyche has not ruled out losing a player in part-exchange if it means landing one of his transfer targets.

In the latest development to the ongoing bid to sign Henri Lansbury from Nottingham Forest, Dougie Freedman revealed he asked Burnley about getting a player in return as a sweetener in the deal.

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It is understood the Forest boss would be most interested in Lukas Jutkiewicz, who he has worked with before at Bolton Wanderers, or Scott Arfield, who would be seen as a direct replacement for Lansbury.

Freedman went on to explain that his efforts to keep Lansbury would not necessarily hinge on whether Burnley were agreeable to his request.

Under the terms of the Forest’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) embargo if any player was to be considered as part of a player trade it would either have to be on a free transfer from Turf Moor, or alternatively on a season long loan deal with a view to a permanent move next summer, providing the player’s wages fell in line with FFP restrictions.

In this case, Forest would only be able to pay £10,000 a week towards wages, meaning the rest would have to be supplemented by Burnley.

Bearing that in mind, it would make a player trade an extremely unlikely scenario.

But when asked if it was a possibility, ahead of tonight’s game at Ipswich Town (kick-off 7.45pm) Dyche said: “If Dougie has said that’s his situation that’s entirely up to him.

“I’m not in the business of losing players unless I think they should be lost.”

When pressed about whether he would be prepared to be involved in part-exchange negotiations for any transfer, Dyche added: “We will see.”

When asked if he was not ruling it out, he said: “We’ll see. Whatever I choose to do will be what I’ve chosen to do.”

However, it does not seem likely that Forest will succeed in holding , with Lansbury still expected to make the switch from the City Ground to Turf Moor as a straight forward transfer despite Freedman’s procrastinating.

“The latest is that our football club has asked about one of their players, to see if they can be put into the deal. If that interests Burnley, then they will get back to us. The ball is back in their court. I want Henri to stay,” Freedman told the Nottingham press.

“I have asked for one of their players to sweeten the deal. Then we will consider it. I am only going to do what is right for this football club.

“The deal is not dependant on another player being involved in the deal, no it is not. Burnley will get back to us on that one.

“But the bottom line is that we do not want to lose Henri Lansbury and I have got to be comfortable that we are doing what is right for the club. If we are going to do any deal, it will be on our terms.

“It has to be the right decision, because not making the right decisions has left us under the embargo. It is going to be difficult, there may be hairy moments and the squad might be a little bit thin.

“But I just feel that, in the long-run, it is better for the football club. Don’t feel sympathy for me. This is the job I am in and it is a difficult job.

“But I want to do things right, I want to play the right kind of football and I want to see the likes of Oliver Burke coming on and getting time on the pitch.

“I am going to make the decision that is right for us on the pitch. That is my responsibility to the fans.

“I will have a conversation with their people and we will see what happens. I am telling you the situation we are in, I am being honest.”