Sean Dyche has confirmed Burnley are considering bringing in a sporting or technical director but no appointment is imminent.
Dyche was particularly frustrated at a failure to complete the business he wanted to during the summer transfer window and described the potential recruitment as another step forward for the club.
He said: “We’re trying to move the club forward on and off the pitch. All of this speaks for it off the pitch in many ways, the structure and everything. On the pitch with signings and stuff like that and adding to the framework of the inner workings of the club.
“We feel there’s a possibility of a role that would fit and that’s where it’s at at the moment. We’re talking about it, myself, the chairman, the board, chief executive, about how that role works at a club like this.
“It won’t be a technical director as in one who pulls all the strings. It’s more of a conduit so we’re all on the same page.”
Dyche, meanwhile, was delighted with the reaction to England’s victory over Spain in midweek despite the home side dominating the statistics.
The Burnley boss has consistently spoken out against the prevailing attitude that possession football trumps every other style and should be the aspiration for all teams.
He said: “I was so pleased with that. It’s about time. We just beat Spain. The stats tell you we got battered. People didn’t go, ‘Oh, well we didn’t keep the ball this many times, we didn’t play enough passes’.
“We had 27 per cent possession, they had 25 shots against five, 12 corners against zero, 630 passes against 219, and we were lauded. It beggars belief – ‘Oh, there’s only one way of playing’.
“People were telling me a tackle changed the game. I didn’t think you were allowed that any more. And lo and behold he (Eric Dier) got booked. I couldn’t believe it. You can win beautifully but it’s not a bad thing just to win.”
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