Nick Pope is delighted to be back at work and hopes a return to training marks a key stage in the plan to complete the Premier League season.
Pope and his Clarets’ team-mates returned to the Barnfield training centre on Tuesday following a two-month absence brought about the Covid-19 pandemic.
All the tests carried out on the Burnley players came back negative – assistant manager Ian Woan the only one of the staff unable to participate – allowing them to train in small groups on separate pitches in accordance with the protocols laid down by the government and Premier League.