Dyche On Portugal Training Trip

Burnley hope to reap the benefits of their mid-season training break in the sun.

The entire squad has this week decamped to Portugal for five-days of warm weather training ahead of their return to action at home to Tottenham Hotspur a week on Saturday.

Last year, a similar trip resulted in a six-game spell of one draw and five straight wins that cemented the Clarets’ seventh place finish in the Premier League.

This year, the break coincides with a Premier League record seven-match unbeaten run to boost hopes of climbing away from danger.

And Dyche believes the training camp in the Algarve comes at an important time for his players.

“Once we went out of the FA Cup there was a window available to…