Burnley manager Sean Dyche has heaped praise on new arrival Wout Weghorst and thinks selling Chris Wood for £25million was a smart move.
Newcastle gave Burnley chairman Alan Pace no option but to offload the club’s star striker to a relegation rival when the Magpies triggered a release clause.
The fee raised eyebrows due to Wood - who is yet to score in a black-and-white shirt - being on the wrong side of 30.
Burnley acted swiftly to replace Wood with Wolfsburg’s Wout Weghorst, who averages a goal every other game in Germany.
The Dutchman had a big part to play in the Clarets’ 1-1 draw with Man Utd last Tuesday by setting up Jay Rodriguez for the crucial equaliser.
Dyche believes replacing Wood with Weghorst was an astute piece of business last month.
“Both are very good players but I think Wout is more technically-minded,” Dyche said ahead of Burnley’s game against Liverpool.
“He can see pictures with his back to goal whereas Woody was someone who wanted to be in the box and sniff out goals.
“Wout is more of an all-rounder. He can offer varying ways of playing probably because of his experience at Wolfsburg and different clubs.
“On the business side, regardless of Woody having a clause, you'd still go 'it's actually good business' to get that amount of money for a 30-year-old.
“As long as we turn things around for ourselves and Wout continues to play as he is, that's good business as well.
“He is a top pro who wants to have an effect.”
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