BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche has confirmed that Kieran Trippier’s is in the process of moving to Tottenham Hotspur, describing it as “an active deal”.

Spurs have triggered a £3.5million release clause in the new contract he signed last summer and could complete the transfer as early as this weekend.

And while Dyche is reluctant to lose the 24-year-old, he praised the right back’s service to the club over the last three seasons and admitted that, following relegation from the Premier League, the club could not stand in his way of a chance to stay in the top flight.

"He made a great decision last summer to sign a contract, stay with the club, and we had to honour that in the respect that if we didn't stay in the Premier League, then we'd allow him the chance to go on.

"I think that's an honourable thing to do with someone who's been such a good servant, and said he'd stay with Burnley in the Premier League.

"He's a very good player and it's no surprise people have come knocking."

He added: "It's an active deal.

"All parties are open with lines of communication, so we know what's going on, other than when it's going to actually happen, but it looks like it's a long way down the line."

But after Danny Ings’ move to Liverpool, the Clarets boss is determined to avoid further departures from his squad, amid interest from Derby County for captain Jason Shackell.

The centre half is the subject of an approximate £2million bid from the Rams, which is understood to have been turned down.

"There'll be no point clubs bidding for our players - it will be us that decides who goes out,” said Dyche, who is working on incomings and added that that Clarets have “a couple of things that are already in process; we're opening channels to possibilities”.

Of the potential for further outgoings, the Burnley boss said: “Apart from Ingsy and Tripps, everyone is under contract, we're in a way different position than we were two and a half years ago, and there'll be no point teams bidding for our players - it will be us that decides who goes out.

"It won't be a case of clubs bidding and they just go.

"We're too powerful now in the market.

"The only thing that will change is if I decide that changes."