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Burnley's Sean Dyche pleased with Joey Barton's rapid return to form

Burnley boss Sean Dyche is not surprised by Joey Barton's speedy transition back into Premier League life.

Barton put a tumultuous period at Rangers behind him when he moved back to the north-west earlier this month and repaid Dyche's faith by scoring the winner against Southampton on Saturday.

The 34-year-old could feature again on Tuesday as Burnley host Sunderland in their FA Cup third-round replay and Dyche insisted he never had any doubts about bringing such an often controversial figure back into the fold.

Dyche said: "Joey has had an interesting life and he gets used to what comes with it.