SEAN Dyche is still monitoring the transfer market ahead of tomorrow’s deadline but says there are no guarantees of further additions before the 6pm cut-off.

The Burnley boss is pleased with the way his squad has taken shape over the summer with seven new signings, and says the imminent return of long-term injury victims, including Dean Marney, and Fredrik Ulvestad, who missed the start of the season, has lessened the need for further new faces.

“We’re more or less formed now as a squad because we’ve got Dean Marney coming back from a long-term injury,” he said.

“He is down to more like weeks rather than months so he’s another important body to come back into it.

“Fredi Ulvestad is also coming back from injury and we think they’re getting a lot closer now, so our midfield looks a bit like we’ve got more options with obviously Joey (Barton) coming in.

“We’re a bit more formed as a squad.

“If there’s something we think is appropriate then we would still look at it but we’re not as active as we were a week or two ago.

“There are a couple of maybes, and they are maybes.

“But I don’t think we’re far short.

“We’ve managed to get through this early part of the season with two midfield players. They’re starting to come back now so of course that gives us more strength in depth in the group.”

Latest signing Barton will meet up with the squad for the first time today, after signing on Thursday night.

“He had commitments already and I always advise people to honour them,” Dyche explained.

“From Monday he’ll be in with us and he’ll use these next two weeks wisely.

“People forget the amount of experience he’s got, the level he’s played at, the different clubs he’s played at, the maturity that he’s got behind some of the oddness of course. I’m well aware of that and we spoke about it.

“I think he wants to just getting back to enjoying his football, working hard at a club that likes to work hard.

“He likes the earthiness of how we work and he likes that we’ve got some quality and a way of finding success and he wants to be part of that.”

Dyche is now looking forward to putting the hours in on the training ground over the two-week international break to help the newest recruits bed in.

“It will be a good break for them and we’ll be working hard to get them up to speed,” he said.