Tarkowksi: Simply The Best

Stand-in skipper James Tarkowski is aiming to finish his best ever season on a high.

The Clarets end their near 12-month campaign against Brighton at Turf Moor on Sunday needing just a point to record their highest Premier League points’ total.

Sean Dyche’s men have seen their challenge to repeat their European qualification of two years come up just short.

But having lost only one of their last 15 league games either side of the Covid-enforced lockdown to set up a possible top-eight finish, Tarkowski believes the 2019/20 season represents a new high.

“Yes, it has. I think for me and the team,” said the defender, whose performances in the middle of Burnley's back four have helped put goalkeeper…