PEP Guardiola might be coming to Turf Moor with Manchester City next season, but among punters the super coach’s arrival isn’t attracting as much attention as Burnley’s return to the elite.

City have been well off the pace in the battle for the Premier League title this season, and while they’re favourites to regain their crown next season, it’s the Clarets who have been backed for glory this week.

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Since Sean Dyche’s side regained their Premier League status on Monday one bookmaker has reported more bets on Burnley to win the league than City.

It’s what we might term the Leicester effect, but Dyche doesn’t think his 1,000/1 shots, who have halved in price since being promoted, are likely to be champions of England in 12 months time, although he appreciates the irony in how perception has changed since their unexpected promotion two years ago.

“I think it’s highly unlikely we’ll win the Premier League next year. That’s not because I’m a negative person, it’s because I’m a positive realist,” said the Clarets chief.

“It’s the madness of football, the last time we got told we’d never win a game ever in the Premier League, and this time I’m being asked if we’ll win it. If that’s not the madness of football, I don’t know what is.”

Leicester’s 5,000/1 charge to the title has shaken up English football, with many predicting a new era in the Premier League as the wealth of the new bumper TV deal gives the lower clubs encouragement to invest on the pitch.

While Dyche expects the ‘superpowers’ to reign again next year, he is intrigued to see how the division will pan out, especially in the early stages.

“It starts as an unknown quantity,” he said. “It will be a challenge at the beginning when everyone is wondering what will happen.

“It opens the mind to the possibility but that mind can get closed quickly if those superpowers become superpowers again next season.”

Dyche believes Leicester’s triumph may have made people think bigger, just as Burnley’s unlikely promotion two years ago did the same for clubs in the Championship.

And he labelled the Foxes’ glory as a ‘collective moment of genius’ for the way Claudio Ranieri’s side took their chance.

“I think people looked at it differently when we got promoted on the budget we had and what we spent,” said the Clarets chief. “Everyone said why can’t we do a version of that? But it isn’t that easy.

“Leicester haven’t had it easy. Part of life is when the chance is there take it, and that’s what they’ve done, that’s why it’s a collective moment of genius.”

Of the success of Ranieri’s side, Dyche added: “It’s fantastic. It’s absolutely phenomenal - every superlative about what they’ve done is appropriate.

“It’s been a strange season in the Premier League. The superpowers have had an up and down ride of it but Leicester have jumped on that and they have taken their chance.

“I’ve enjoyed watching them and enjoyed the story. I’ve enjoyed some of the players maturing and the growth of those players. It’s a brilliant story for football, it encapsulates belief, spirit, the underdog mentality, the handling of pressure.

“It breathes life into football. Over the years money seems to win the day, but there are still these fantastic stories of achievement and Leicester is as good as in many, many years.”

And of getting to pit his wits against Guardiola next season, Dyche said: “That in itself, what an amazing thing for Burnley. To be at that level of the market where those people working for others clubs are coming to Turf Moor. It’s brilliant.

“There is no downside to what we’ve done. It’s impossible for there to be a downside. It’s a challenge and it’s going to be a tough one.”