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Work On League Championship Side Burnley's Gawthorpe Training Base Underway

The £10.6M ($15.2M) transformation of League Championship side Burnley's Gawthorpe training base -- now the Barnfield Training Centre -- is "well underway," according to Suzanne Geldard of the LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH. It is a project that Burnley Manager Sean Dyche has been "hands on with, right from the start of the design process." And while his decision to put his efforts, "and the club's money, into a long-term plan for the club" -- foregoing big spends in the Premier League last season -- was questioned by some, Dyche "maintains it has been the right thing to do for the Clarets." Dyche: "You’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t. ... Unless you’ve got sugar daddies who can do everything all at once and pay themselves back over time, which we haven’t got, it has to be done in a balanced fashion." Work was done over the summer "to improve the drainage" of the training site's "bottom pitches" and Dyche added, "The pitches are already very good. ... The pitches are key, and on top of that is a facility that can house the people properly and allow the club to build for a longer term future. It ticks so many boxes." After delays due to the poor weather in January, work on the main building "is back on track, with the structural foundations for both the accommodation for academy players and adjoining indoor arena close to completion" (LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH, 2/18).

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