Burnley boss Sean Dyche has insisted that a deadline day swap deal involving Sam Vokes and Peter Crouch will prove beneficial to all parties involved, responding to complaints from some sections of fans who were disappointed to see the fan favourite replaced by the 38-year-old.
The Clarets striker completed a switch to Championship side Stoke City for an estimated £10m, with former England star Crouch going the other way. Dyche insisted that kind of fee and a quick replacement for Vokes, who was not a regular starter, was too good to turn down.
Vokes spent seven years at Turf Moor and was instrumental in both Burnley’s promotion campaigns into the Premier League, but has since fallen down the pecking order behind Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes.