CLARETS manager Steve Cotterill has revealed his plans for the summer - he's finally going to have a holiday.

The workaholic Burnley boss clocked up thousands of airmiles last summer in pursuit of new signings.

Cotterill flew to Florida to capture the signature of Wayne Thomas and scoured Europe in the search of new talent.

And this year, the Burnley boss is planning a trip to the World Cup finals in Germany to cast his eye over some of the untapped talent of world football.

But Cotterill is planning a break, probably in the first few weeks of pre-season.

He said: "I don't know exactly when yet. It depends how the first few months go in the summer.

"It could be a busy time and I may do my work through the summer and then have the first couple of weeks of pre-season off, when the lads are mainly doing their running.

"When they are back in the first few weeks, all they are doing is running and you are standing around holding a stopwatch.

"I am pretty sure all my staff are capable of doing that!"

Cotterill also lifted the lid on what his players will be doing to keep themselves in shape for the new campaign.

"Football is all year round now," he added. "It doens't stop if you are a top class player, which is tough.

"It doesn't matter what club they are at and how much they earn, to churn out top quality performances all the time is almost impossible for them.

"You try to give the boys as much time off as you can, but they all have work programmes over the summer.

"The first three weeks will be rest and then they have three sessions a week they have to do because everything comes around again very quickly.

"They don't need to be football training because even a 40-minute tennis session counts.

"We have them down as doing 15 sessions while they are away and I don't think that's too much to ask.

"If you want to give them maximum time away from the club, they need to adhere to a work plan, depending on their age and their fitness levels.

"There are no excuses, otherwise they will get fined.

"It is not a lot to ask these days for a footballer to tick over."