Robbie Brady will miss the start of the season, but boss Sean Dyche admits he’s not short of options elsewhere.
Wideman Brady hasn’t yet shaken off a rib injury suffered in pre-season and which forced him off half an hour into the Clarets’ final warm-up game against Parma in mid-week.
But defenders James Tarkowski and Kevin Long, who missed the 2-0 win over the Serie A oufit, are both fit for Saturday’s curtain-raiser against Southampton at Turf Moor.
“Robbie had a knock on his ribs and we’ve now found out it was a tiny hairline fracture, rather than the intercostal muscles, which is why it’s been so sore,” said Dyche.