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Burnley would be wise to emulate the Southampton model
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Burnley have started the new Premier League season relatively well – with seven points from seven games they sit a few places above the relegation zone – and the international break offered a timely chance to consider what the club could achieve.
This is their third time in the Premier League in the last decade, but on both previous visits they have been relegated and it is hard to argue they did not deserve it on either occasion.
Sean Dyche’s side look better equipped than ever before to survive in the top-flight, however, with Sunday’s trip to Southampton offering a tempting glimpse at what Burnley could aspire to be.
Southampton look to be one of the best-run clubs in the Premier League, able to survive and then thrive despite changes in ownership, consistently losing their top players to bigger clubs and regular new managers sitting in the dugout.
While Southampton are admittedly a slightly larger club than Burnley, with a much bigger catchment area to attract supporters, there is no obvious reason why the Clarets should not be able to follow in their footsteps in the next few years.
Since returning to the Premier League in 2012 after a seven-year absence, Southampton have improved every season, culminating in a sixth-place finish last year despite having lost a clutch of key players.
This season looks to be another of solid progress for the Saints, even though Sadio Mane became the latest of their stars to make the switch to Liverpool in the summer, and how they are able to plan ahead and replace their big names is something Burnley can certainly learn from.
Southampton have the benefit of one of the most productive academies in English football, with Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain among the very successful graduates of their youth system in the last few years.
By contrast, Jay Rodriguez is the only unqualified success to have been developed by Burnley for a long time. Coincidentally, he now plays his football at Southampton alongside Charlie Austin, another ex-Claret.
While the club has become known as a finishing school for talented forwards, with the likes of Danny Ings and Andre Gray having made great strides at the club, Southampton’s youth system certainly offers a blueprint the club could seek to emulate.
The Clarets will never be able to compete with the majority of Premier League clubs financially, unless a billionaire takes a fancy to the club, so they need to be able to develop their own players. After all, the theory is that well-run academies pay for themselves through the profits made on the players who come through the system.
It’s easy to forget that just five years ago Southampton were playing their football in League One, whereas now they are competing in the Europa League alongside Inter Milan and Manchester United.
Evolution has been key to their success, with a procession of players leaving for big fees in the last couple of years without any discernible negative impact on performances on the pitch. A large amount of money has been spent, but even more cash has been brought in through sales.
Mane was just the latest to swap St Mary’s for Anfield, following Lallana, Nathaniel Clyne, Rickie Lambert and Dejan Lovren to Liverpool, while Victor Wanyama moved on to Tottenham. But the Saints, under their new French coach Claude Puel, have kept six clean sheets in a row and are in the top half of the Premier League again.
How Southampton replace their sold stars is one of the key ways Burnley can learn from Sunday’s opponents. Nathan Redmond was brought in as a straight replacement for Mane, while former Bayern Munich starlet Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg succeeded Wanyama and Sofiane Boufal was signed to add extra flair in the final third.
Investing in their squad despite outgoings has allowed Southampton to keep progressing and with the Clarets likely to receive a massive fee for new England call-up Michael Keane either in January or at the end of the season, the south coast club are an example to follow here.
Keane returns to domestic duty with an increased profile but more pressing than breaking into the England team for him is finding a way for Burnley to be more secure in defence away from home.
In both of their away matches in the Premier League, the Clarets have conceded three times, at Chelsea and at defending champions Leicester City. Improvement is needed fast as they cannot be completely reliant on their decent home form, especially as five of their opening seven fixtures have been at Turf Moor due to a venue swap with Liverpool.
Austin looks likely to start for Southampton after a fine start to the season with five goals in his last five games and keeping him quiet will be key for his old team Burnley, who have only scored five league goals themselves all season.
Any positive result at St Mary’s would be a boost for the Clarets, whose daunting October schedule also includes a trip to Old Trafford and a tricky home match against high-flying Everton.
Jamie Smith is ESPN FC’s Burnley blogger. Follow him on Twitter @nonaynevernet.
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Each Premier League team’s most valuable player: Who is your club’s priciest star?
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STARSPORT take you through each Premier League team’s most expensive player.
This past summer transfer window was very eventful and pricy.
As a result, the most valuable player in the Prem this season is a Manchester United star who costs £59.50m.
But who folows him? Who is each team’s priciest player?
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Which teams have conceded the most goals in Prem history? You won’t believe who tops it
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The Prem is arguably the best competition in the world.
One of the main reasons is the amount of goals scored each season.
But which unlikely team has conceded the most of them?
Big clubs such as Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool make the top 10, but none of them are in first place.
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Crocked! The Premier League aces who got injured during the international break
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Premier League aces who got injured during the international break
STARSPORT take you through the Premier League aces who got injured during the two-week international break.
The Prem restarts today with some interesting matches during the weekend and the big clash on Monday between Liverpool and Manchester United.
However, the international break has taken its toll on a few key players who are battling hard to return to full fitness.
Thankfully, most of them are expected to make an appearance this weekend.
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Saints record “not important” to Puel
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CLAUDE Puel admitted that equalling a club record that has stood for more than 94 years is “not important”.
Saints go into tomorrow’s Premier League game at St Mary’s against Burnley, who have yet to score away from home this season, having kept six successive clean sheets across three different competitions, writes Peter Howard.
The last time they let in a goal was against Arsenal in early September.
A seventh successive clean sheet for Saints against Burnley - who possess the worst scoring record in the Premier League so far this season - would see Saints aim to equal a club record in, of all places, the San Siro against Inter Milan in next Thursday’s Europa League tie.
Saints’ current record of eight successive clean sheets was established over two seasons way back in 1922.
Puel’s mind is not on beating records, though, and has other priorities.
“I prefer to lose this record and win the game,” he said. “It’s not important for me.
“It’s interesting because you show that you are strong and with a good solidarity but the most important thing is to win the game.
“If you can score two or three goals it will be fantastic and the same if you concede one or two goals it’s not a problem for me.
“A good result to start this hard month of many games is important.”
Puel will continue with his rotation policy going into another hectic period.
He knows he has some tough decisions to make regarding team selection for a special trip to the San Siro to face Inter Milan on Thursday in the Europa League.
“All the players want to play every game,” he said. “It’s important for me to do a selection and to have opportunities for the team to win every game.
“Burnley is important first of all and then we can talk about Inter Milan.
“But Inter Milan is another competition it’s not just a game – it’s about qualification from the group.
“It’s important to keep this in mind and to accept all the time to change the team and keep the good level.”
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SAINTS face the daunting prospect of being without injured first choice full backs Ryan Bertrand and Cedric Soares ahead a bruising fixture pile-up.
With a monstrous run of seven games in just 22 days looming large on the horizon, Claude Puel has a stretched squad already.
The main problems lie at full back with first choices Bertrand and Cedric out with a hamstring and foot ligament problem respectively.
With Cedric expected to be out for a maximum of three weeks – potentially missing all seven games in the process – and Bertrand likely to be absent for at least a week, Puel has a big conundrum on his hands, especially with the games coming thick and fast.
In a non-stop week, Saints face Burnley at home tomorrow before huge trips to the San Siro to face Inter Milan on Thursday in the Europa League and to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City next Sunday.
With that and the hectic schedule in mind, Puel is adamant that none of his players are overused during the next 22 days, so he accepts that he’ll have to be clever with his squad management.
At left back Matt Targett is a ready-made back-up for Bertrand, while Puel has backed academy youngster Sam McQueen to step up to the plate when necessary, too.
On the opposite flank, the Frenchman knows his only real option is Cuco Martina as a replacement for Cedric.
He ruled out the possibility of calling up Yan Valery, the academy’s French youth international – who Puel feels is not ready for first team action, but stated that Maya Yoshida might get called in at right back.
Meanwhile, striker Shane Long will be assessed today to see if he fit enough to face Burnley after picking up a minor hamstring problem while on Republic of Ireland duty.
“For some of the games it is possible to change the player because we have Targett or Cuco with good possibilities, and they play good games without problem,” Puel said.
“With all these games every three days it’s important for these players to recover for, to change the team and to keep a good energy.
“This is difficult if a player plays every time, every three days, it’s not possible to keep a good performance, a good physical level. It’s important to recover.
“We’ve got another option with Sam McQueen. He has made progress at left back and it’s interesting for the future.
“Perhaps we will see him in the next games.”
When Puel was asked what his options were at right back, he said: “A very young player in Yan Valery, but he is a very young player and I think it is too early to play with him. It is not possible.
“We also have a solution with Maya Yoshida. He can play at right back but without the performance of Cuco or Cedric.
“It’s important to have an offensive left and right back.”
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CLAUDE Puel is eager ease club record signing Sofiane Boufal carefully into his Saints side, but plans to name on the bench against Burnley at St Mary’s tomorrow to help him acclimatise to life in the Premier League.
Puel is keen not rush the Moroccan international into the side as he continues to build up his fitness and works on relationships with his new team-mates.
Boufal was signed from Lille in a record breaking £16m deal in the summer transfer window, but is yet to make his debut because he’s been recovering from a knee injury he picked up in May while still playing in France.
The attacking midfielder has been in full training over the international break and is working to towards match fitness, although Puel is eager to ease him into the Saints side after five months out.
The 23-year-old is expected to appear on the Saints bench against Burnley tomorrow, but is not ready to start.
“Boufal has come back to training last week,” he said. “He’s improved every time but I think at the moment it is too early to see him play.
“But he’s improving very well. The knee is staying in good shape and I hope we can find Sofiane for the next game perhaps on the bench and step by step progress with the squad.”
The St Mary’s chief knows that Boufal must carefully build up his fitness.
“Sofiane is a good player with possibilities to make the difference with a good dribble,” he said. “It’s interesting to see him in the training sessions.
“But just now it’s important to be among the team to get strong for the games.
“It’s important step by step to improve in his physical level and he will be an important player for the future.”
Striker Jay Rodriguez is also ready to return to action after a groin injury that kept him out for three weeks.
“Jay came back two weeks ago with the squad,” said Puel. “I think he can perhaps be with the group tomorrow.”
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