Sean Dyche says Burnley are ready to be a challenge for every team in the Premier League as they prepare for their top-flight return.
The Clarets have been relegated immediately in their two previous Premier League campaigns but Dyche says his rival managers know that Burnley, who won last year's Championship by four points, will be no pushovers.
"There's no easy games in the Premier League," Dyche said at the Premier League Season Launch on Wednesday. "I was at meeting with a lot of the Premier League managers yesterday, they feel the same.
"They are not looking at it as Burnley are an easy game. They know we fought very hard and played well a number of times the last time we were in the Premier League.
"We know it will be a big challenge and we know we will be the minnows of the division; probably everyone thinks it won't happen for us but we don't think that."
With a capacity of 21,401, Burnley’s Turf Moor home is one of the smallest grounds in the Premier League but Dyche hopes the atmosphere there will play a big role in helping his players, starting with Saturday’s opener against Swansea City and then the next weekend against Liverpool.
"We are going to try and make it [Turf Moor] a hostile atmosphere a tough place for people to come," he told Sky Sports News HQ. "Two home games back to back, it's a good place to start.
"You just want your home games to play a part in the sense that the crowd get involved, we are used to the feel of the stadium, but there's no guarantees, we have to play well, it's as simple as that."
