BURNLEY chairman Mike Garlick has described Burnley’s recent rise as “more than evolution, it’s been revolution”.

But the Turf Moor chief says he is not about to revolutionise the way the club does its business, as the board and manager Sean Dyche make plans for another Premier League season.

With Burnley currently occupying the ‘best of the rest’ place outside of the top six, they are already looking ahead to next term.

The Clarets were busy in the transfer market after securing top flight survival with two games to spare in 2016/17, going on to bring in seven new faces before the summer transfer window closed, with club record £15million signing Chris Wood among them.

Garlick says there will be less emphasis on a recruitment drive this time around, despite describing the club’s financial position as “the best we’ve ever been in, in the history of the club”.

Burnley have not just raised the bar on the pitch this season, off the field they last week announced a net profit of £22.2m for the last financial year.

But the chairman’s key objective is sustainability - both in the Premier League and with the club’s purse strings.

When it comes to player wages, for example, Burnley have endeavoured to keep them on an even keel among the squad.

It is a structure that has served them well so far, and one that Garlick is keen not to make radical changes to.

“We look to keep a relative parity, we think that’s helpful in terms of squad unity,” said the Burnley chairman

“Our strength is the team, not individuals. That’s what we’re looking to achieve.

“We want to bring players in who can improve what we’ve got, but they’ve got to fit into our structure. It’s really important.”

And he explained the emphasis in the summer market will be on quality rather than quantity.

“We brought in the summer gone five or six new signings, the summer before that five or six as well. Maybe one or two more?,” Garlick continued.

“For the summer going forward, will we see that many new players coming in? I doubt it to be honest. Twos and threes rather than fives and sixes.

“We’re always looking to upgrade the quality of the side, so anyone we bring in has got to add something, if they don’t, we won’t sign them, it’s as simple as that. We’d look for them to bring something to the side.

“(Planning) has already started. Specifically recruitment, who the targets are.

“We’ve already got a list that we’re going through, so we like to think we’re ahead of the game.

“We want players here that want to be here first and foremost. Money aside they’ve got to want to play for us and we’ve got to want to keep them. Assuming that’s the case I think the longer we stay in the league we’d look to be competitive.”

Lifelong Clarets fan Garlick added: “If you were to look back 20 years, 10 years, five years at what’s gone on, it’s been unbelievable hasn’t it? I’d say it’s been more than evolution, it’s been revolution.

“But it’s keeping it at a level where it is evolution, even though to the outside world it appears like everything’s changed, internally we’ve just got to keep pushing forward slowly but surely.

“You kind of run the club like you do a family. In a family you always need a bit of money put by for a rainy day, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes for bad reasons.

“It can be put by if we see an opportunity in the market and we want to buy a player that maybe we thought was out of our reach at some stage, we can maybe take that view.

“Or, if in a year’s time, maybe we think we have to redevelop some more parts of the stadium, we’ve possibly got the money to do that if it’s needed of course.

“I think we always want to trade profitably, and therefore if you do that, you’ve always got some sort of war-chest for emergencies.”