Scott Parker is excited to return to Tottenham as Burnley prepares for their Premier League opener. After guiding Burnley to promotion with 100 points, the team’s pre-season has seen struggles, winning only one out of five friendlies. Parker has faced Spurs twice as a manager previously, with mixed results. Burnley made 13 new signings, but only one featured in their final pre-season match against Lazio. Parker mentioned balancing player fitness and game time for new arrivals while aiming to set a strong foundation in the top-flight.
"We're excited. We've worked hard in pre-season to be ready for the Premier League starting. We're looking forward to it - and we know the challenge that awaits."
"There's a great humility about this group and the way we've gone about our work in pre-season, and we feel we're in a good place."
"We're still balancing the load of some players, including the new lads. There was a game at the training ground this morning (against Manchester City)."
"We've looked at the data of the players and felt it was probably just too early for Martin and Armando to play, that's why only Lesley got game time today out of the three of them."
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