BURNLEY new boy Johann Berg Gudmundsson believes his experience with Iceland in Euro 2016 will help him adapt to life in the Premier League.

The 25-year-old was one of two new faces to arrive at Turf Moor yesterday as the Clarets opened their summer transfer activity with a £3.6million double swoop on Charlton Athletic.

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As well as Gudmundsson 24-year-old goalkeeper Nick Pope has also signed for Burnley from the Addicks, with both players penning three-year deals.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche had to wait to complete the Gudmundsson deal, having agreed a fee of an initial £2.5million, with a potential further £1million in add-ons, over a week ago.

The winger was on holiday in Miami having started every game for Iceland during their run to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.

And although he has never played in the Premier League, Gudmundsson believes his experience for his country as well as appearances in the Europa League for former club AZ Alkmaar, will help him settle quickly.

“I’ve played in big games in the Europa League and with Iceland so that’s definitely going to help when I play for the first time in the Premier League,” he said.

“Experience is everything and I have quite a bit of that so I’ll be fine I think.”

Gudmundsson, who has 52 caps for his country has already noticed similarities in spirit between Iceland’s band of brothers and the Clarets, who head into the top flight on the back of a 23-game league unbeaten run that took them to the Championship title last term.

“The atmosphere around the club is fantastic and playing against the team last season I saw just how good the club was – I definitely wanted to join,” added the man who registered a league-high 11 assists in the Championship last season.

“The team spirit in the Iceland team seems to be similar to here where everybody is working for each other and it’s a tight group.

“That’s what football is about, it’s a team sport and everyone works hard for one another here.”

Pope, meanwhile, arrives as competition for established number one Tom Heaton, and he is keen to learn off both Heaton and the experienced Paul Robinson.

The former non-league shot stopper revealed he had spoken to Heaton before making the move north.

“Tom has had time off due to England duty at the Euros but he spoke to me over the phone,” said Pope, who arrives for a fee of £1.1million.

“It was nice to get that sort of welcome and start to get to know the lads before I’ve settled in the building.”

Burnley secured the Championship title at The Valley on the final day of the season, beating a Charlton team that included Pope and Gudmundsson 3-0.

“Playing on the last day when the club were already promoted and going for the title I was extremely impressed,” said Pope. “They were the best team I played against last season.”

Of working with Heaton and Robinson, he added: “I want to develop as a goalkeeper and with the keepers that are already here I definitely feel I can learn from them.

“They’ve both experienced the England set up and it’s only a good thing for me to be around them day to day in training and at games. I’m really looking forward to it.

“Burnley is a club on the way up so they are two of the main reasons amongst many, many more.”