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Ward is backing Defour to add a touch of class to Burnley’s midfield after signing from Anderlect in a £7m deal.

Burnley would be in a far stronger position to progress this term if they managed to sign one of the three players mentioned, and Dyche should make it his priority to bring one of the Tottenham stars to Turf Moor.

“The rest of the Premier League are probably going: ‘Why aren’t they just getting on with those deals?'”

“I trust I can go on my experience to the team and the club to stay in the Premier League”, he told Burnley’s official website.

Jon Flanagan is on loan from Liverpool, and therefore ineligible, while Ashley Barnes is out with a hamstring injury.

“I’m looking forward to every game”.

Divock Origi and Daniel Sturridge will no doubt be considered to replace Mane if necessary, in the Liverpool starting eleven to face the Clarets.

The 46-cap Belgium global moved to east Lancashire for £7.5million earlier this week and he may replace David Jones in the line-up after the latter joined Sheffield Wednesday.

“We played with a lot of freedom and showed that we deserved to be here”, he said. He was compared to Luka Modric during his younger years, and while he obviously is not anywhere near the level of the Croatian, the chance of regular first-team football could be the platform he needs to flourish into a top-class Premier League player.

Leicester surprisingly lost 2-1 to Hull City last week and Wenger said: “The challenge for them is to do well again and to show that their a year ago was not a one off”. The loss of Danny Ings hurt, of course, but the successes of Andre Gray have meant that the departure of Ings was quickly forgotten by all at Turf Moor.

The Clarets’ last league win over Liverpool was a 1-0 victory at Anfield in September 1974.

Simon Mignolet could make his 200th Premier League appearance in this match, becoming the third Belgian to reach this milestone after Marouane Fellaini (203) and Vincent Kompany (220).

Burnley’s last nine Premier League games have seen just seven goals scored, with Sean Dyche’s men scoring twice in the process.

Liverpool hold the upper hand in the tie, having never lost to Burnley in their 4 previous meetings in the Premier League era.