SEAN Dyche insists it would be 'madness' for Burnley to suddenly change their transfer policy on the back of European qualification.

The Clarets are set for a first European campaign in 51 years next season having all but secured a top-seven finish in the Premier League this term.

Seventh place means Burnley's Europa League journey would begin in the second qualifying round on July 26, with three qualifying rounds to be played just to reach the group stage.

The added demands of Europe has led to a theory that the Clarets would need a bigger squad to cope next season, but Dyche insists the planning for the transfer window won't be changing radically.

"There’s a balanced view, we got promoted into the Premier League the first time (in 2013/14) with a squad of more or less 17," the Clarets chief said.

"You could argue a miracle to that, or argue the way the support staff, the sports science and medical staff etc, training schedules, rest days, we believe in that.

"Alongside that, of course, we understand as we’ve grown and matured as a club, this year we have more outfield players, more of a quality level I feel can help us move forward as a group, but it remains the same.

"I don’t think the board are going to throw the planning of the last five years out, and say ‘let’s go and sign five players” for the sake of it. There’s still got to be a thinking behind each player. So we won’t radically change all of that, it would be madness.

"But flex it enough to make sure we can handle the games coming, if we get there."

The Europa League is often considered something of a poisoned chalice for clubs, particularly as a result of the Thursday-Sunday schedule.

But for Burnley it will come only three seasons after they were last in the Championship, with a number of the squad having experience of the demands of a 46-game second tier campaign.

"We were in the Championship, the players playing Saturday/Tuesday, Saturday/Tuesday, relentlessly, and little cup spells, and done well, so you can’t overthink it," Dyche said of Europe.

"A different kind of thinking, new to us, but exciting. How is that not a positive?"