BURNLEY will try and put a greater value on possession this season, according to midfield new boy Jack Cork.

The 28-year-old arrived from Swansea City in July, where he played for a Swans side who put a high price on keeping the ball.

That is a trait Cork is keen to bring to the Clarets as well, whether he plays in a two-man midfield or a three-man midfield, as he did against Celta Vigo on Tuesday night, and he revealed that Sean Dyche had urged his side to take greater care of the ball this season as they looking to build on Premier League survival last term.

"That's what the manager wants. He wants to keep the same values but try and look after the ball a little bit more when we've got it," Cork explained.

"We did that well at times (against Celta Vigo). Obviously there'll be spells when we don't have the ball but there were spells when we were comfortable, especially in the second half. I thought we did well."

Competition for places in the middle is fierce, with Cork competing with Jeff Hendrick, Steven Defour and Ashley Westwood, and the £8million man added: "All the midfield players are brilliant.

"We've got some good quality midfield players in myself, it's good to play with Steve who's got a lot of quality, Westy is great and Jeff has great quality as well. It's good to play in the middle with all of them. They're all great technical footballers.

"There are some good players there and it's good to have that strength in that area. It keeps us pushing throughout the season which is why you need everyone. You do need the competition and that quality.

"It's not necessarily direct competition because you need each other throughout the season. There may be times when somebody is struggling for form and somebody else needs to step in.

"There are injuries as well or times when you need to play an extra midfielder. You need to be able to work with each other and be on each other's side all the time."

The Clarets finish their pre-season with a friendly against Hannover today and Cork has been pleased with how it has gone.

"I'm feeling good," he said. "We've had some good results and played some good football. The game (against Celta Vigo) was a good match for us because we'll be playing a lot of teams like that in the Premier League this season.

"We're just trying to work and organise ourselves in a certain way where we can get points from games. It's been good to get some game time in with the lads.

"It was a good test for us and you could see that they had a lot of quality. They take a lot of risks and we did nick it a few times to create chances. We could've got some goals from it but Robbie's goal was a great finish and Jeff's goal was well taken as well. I felt like it was a good game and a good test for what we will be facing soon."