OWEN Coyle wants to keep his young talent at Burnley.

The Clarets boss knows he faces a battle to hang on to players such as Kyle Lafferty and Chris McCann with the transfer window now open ahead of this afternoon's trip to Blackpool.

But Coyle has stressed he wouldn't do anything to the detriment of the football club.

Lafferty has already been the subject of a triple bid from Fulham, as well as approaches from Celtic and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the last 12 months, while McCann, who is available for the trip to Bloomfield Road after suspension, has upped his profile with some consistently impressive midfield per-formances this season.

"I'd be surprised if they weren't attracting interest," said Coyle.

"There's always going to be interest in players in our team, equally as we are interested in players at other clubs.

"It's flattering in a way, but we wouldn't be in any rush to do anything to the detriment of this football club."

As for his own transfer dealings, Coyle is looking to add to his squad as quickly as possible this month.

"We're always trying to improve our squad. Finances will come into it as we've got to operate within our budget, but we're always looking," he said.

"And when we want players in, we'll try to get them in as early as possible.

"But there are a number of factors that will come into play, such as the club we want the player from will have to be in a position where they are allowed to let him go; it will depend if it is a permanent or a loan move; and it will also depend on whether the player wants to come to the club or not.

"So there are lots of things that need to be taken into consideration, but we've certainly been very hard working on that front and have spoken to a number of clubs."