GEORGE Boyd has been involved in a couple of deadline day dashes down the motorway in his time as a professional footballer, so on August 31 this year he was happy to be at Gawthorpe watching the drama unfold on TV instead.

The 30-year-old joined the Clarets from Hull City on the final day of the 2014 summer transfer window and he came close to leaving Peterborough late in transfer windows.

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This time he had his feet up at the training ground as he watched Burnley smash their transfer record for the second time in 15 days, with Jeff Hendrick arriving from Derby County for around £10million, while a deal for Poland winger Kamil Grosicki collapsed in the final minutes of the window.

“It’s on at lunchtime so you see everything going on. I’ve been involved in it a few times and it’s quite weird,” Boyd said of the deadline day madness.

“You see what’s going on but you’re not glued to the TV all day.

“Sky build it up massively and it’s great TV and you get all the reporters at grounds.

“It’s great for the fans to have that sort of build-up.”

While some of Burnley’s squad were away on international duty, the rest watched with excitement as Sean Dyche continued to try to strengthen the squad, and Boyd revealed a sure fire way of knowing if a deal was close.

“We do talk about it, we wonder if he’s having his medical. If the physio’s not here you know there’s a medical happening,” he said.

“It’s better to be in the changing room rather than on the motorway.”

The deal for Hendrick broke the record fee that had been set with the addition of Steven Defour from Anderlecht just over two weeks earlier.

The Belgian has made an immediate impact at Turf Moor and Boyd said the new signings had been a boost for everyone at the club.

“It’s great from outside. People still see us as a small club but if we’re spending big money on a few players it looks good - in the building it’s great to get that quality of player in and it can improve us and hopefully we can keep doing that,” he said.

Hendrick will have to wait for his first start, having come on as a substitute against Boyd’s former club Hull at the weekend.

Loanees Jon Flanagan and Patrick Bamford were also on the bench at the weekend, and the Clarets have a stronger looking squad than they did for the 2014/15 Premier League season.

“The quality of the squad and the strength in depth this time around to last time is massive,” said Boyd.

“It’s not a massive Premier League squad but everyone is ready to get in the first XI when needed, which is great. You’ve got 16 or 17 players all wanting to get the shirt. It’s good for us that it’s not a massive squad and you haven’t got unhappy players outside of the matchday squad.”