Alan Pace on lessons learned, the upcoming transfer window and out of contract players

Burnley Express

Alan Pace says he has learned lessons of the previous Premier League transfer window whilst addressing the futures of Burnley's out of contract players.

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00:00Summer is big. Planning is super, super important.

00:04It's going to be a lot of work. No doubt about what we've seen the last two years

00:08with six teams going up and six teams coming back down. So, we've got our work cut out

00:12for us and this summer is going to be a big part of that, but we think we can do it.

00:16In terms of recruitment, what lessons can you learn from last year?

00:20Look, I think there's a few different lessons that we can learn.

00:22EO, without tipping our hand on some of the things that we'll do, probably transfer-wise

00:26and some of the things that we've done.

00:28As a team, I think the first and foremost is that we actually came about this

00:32with the intent of keeping a core of this team solid for a long time to come.

00:37So, I think we've built well and let's see how Scott managed to take them

00:41and adds bits and pieces and turn it into the next version.

00:44Do you not anticipate it won't be as busy as last summer especially?

00:47I certainly hope that we're not as busy as we were a summer ago,

00:51but again, some of that's also driven by players and agents and other things

00:55that we don't get to control, other teams, their desires.

00:59But I don't anticipate that we're going to be nearly as busy as what I think we have been in the past.

01:04You talked about keeping the core of the squad together.

01:06There's two or three big players out of contract.

01:08How hopeful are you that they can maybe stay here?

01:10Look, I'm always hopeful.

01:13My days start in hope.

01:15So, I would love for that to be the case.

01:18If it doesn't, we'll give them a big hug and we'll let them go and explore the lives that they set before them.

01:25But I am very hopeful that they will want to be part of this.

01:28But let's see.

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