STEVE Cotterill is hoping a sunshine break will revitalise the weary Clarets after a hectic Christmas schedule.

The Burnley team are set to make the most of their break between the Preston game on January 21 and the Brighton game on January 28 with boss Cotterill is whisking them away.

Clarets fans had been split on whether the club should have moved the Brighton game to the previous Saturday, but Cotterill said the players would benefit from their time away.

He said: "We've got a couple of big games now, Cardiff and Preston, before we take the players away on a break.

"We're going to do some training in a warmer climate and then land back at Gatwick so we can stay down there and play the Brighton game."

He added: "We had a break last year, but it was a little bit late so with the games that we've got left now, we wanted to see if we could get a break and get some warm weather training done to then kick on with the rest of the season.

"January is probably a flat month. Everybody has Christmas and New year and I think the players have worked hard over that time.

"With the Brighton game we'll have had four games out of the last five so it's been a tough run for us and that's why we've had to have that break now and hopefully that will kick us on for the last couple months of the season."