SEAN Dyche will continue to try and strengthen his Burnley squad right up until the end of the transfer window.

Four new faces have arrived so far at Turf Moor this summer in the shape of Charlie Taylor, Jon Walters, Jack Cork and Phil Bardsley.

But Dyche is still trying to add to the ranks with a central defender and a winger understood to be top of the shopping list.

And Dyche will keep looking until the transfer window closes at 11pm on August 31 if required although the Clarets chief is pleased with his business so far.

“I think we’ve got a little bit more flexibility and we’ve added to it again,” he said. “We wanted that last year, and we’ve added to it again.

“We will continue to try and add right the way up to the close of the window if we think it can be done and it’s appropriate.

“Overall we’re building, inching along, adding another little layer, and the four signings have added another layer to what we want to do.”

Burnley were active late in the transfer window a year ago, with a summer-long pursuit of Derby’s Jeff Hendrick ending with a deadline day deal, while a move for Poland winger Kamil Grosicki fell through in the final hours of deadline day.

So far this summer the Clarets have spent just over £15million in up-front fees for their four new recruits, while bringing in an initial £25million from the sale of Michael Keane to Everton.

But while their remains money to be spent, doing deals remains tricky, and whoever comes in Dyche expects to see his side written off again this term.

Burnley will be looking to build on the achievements of last season when a 16th place finish was enough to book back-to-back top flight seasons for the first time in more than four decades and Dyche is happy with the way the competition for places is shaping up at Burnley.

But he knows that counts for little when outsiders predict how the Clarets will fare this year.

“We’ve still got a big achievement this season to do what we did last season, we know that, and everyone has already written us off,” he added.

“But we’re used to that, and I’m pleased the team has more competition over the pitch for sure.”