BURNLEY look to be closing in on at least one transfer target, after an offer was made for Brighton's Dale Stephens.

The Clarets had SIX bids turned down four years ago for the midfielder, who is in the final year of his contract at the Amex Stadium.

But after renewing their interest in the 31-year-old, who hails from Bolton, they might now finally get their man.

And manager Sean Dyche is hopeful of more, although warned there was nothing imminent.

Asked about links to Stephens, and whether he had been able to make any progress with transfers, the Burnley boss said: "We always get names thrown at us, it's not a problem. There's a couple of things that are maybes, but not on the cusp.

"I'm still not sure on the guidelines from the chairman and the board, I'm waiting on what they want to do.

"It's not new news, it's always been like that, it's always a challenge here.

"Once I get that, can we get these things done? We're still waiting on that.

"It's always a difficult task, every window has been a massive, massive challenge here, and it continues to be that.

"It's probably heightened with the lockdown situation where we did let players go, when we still had games to do, and we haven't affected that yet.

"It's not new ground, it's always awkward and tough, but, a couple of weeks, let's see what happens.

"It's very rare we're first in to get players, we have to patient, keep our eyes open and our ears to the ground, and hope we can get the players in we think can affect us."