Burnley manager Sean Dyche has said that he will look to maintain the right balance in his squad when the transfer window reopens in January.

The Clarets boss made half-a-dozen signings during the summer, and his new-look squad have already earned 14 points from their first 11 games since the club regained their place in the Premier League.

Dyche has acknowledged that he will look to strengthen his group of players at the turn of the year but he has claimed that he is expecting a "difficult" few weeks.

The 45-year-old is quoted by the Lancashire Telegraph as saying: "We work with a low squad number, I quite like that and want the competitive nature of everyone more or less being on the edge of being involved. There's a challenge to that with injuries and suspensions.

"Some of it is balancing finance as well and aligning the right players, and it was difficult in the last window and I'm sure it will be difficult in January. There's plenty of work going on behind the scenes to see what we can affect and what we need.

"There's loads of work to be done, we know that, with the group we've got and whether we can affect it in January with another new look and affect it from outside coming into the building."

Burnley have already been linked with a bid for free agent Joey Barton.