Burnley boss Sean Dyche happy for Johann Berg Gudmundsson to link up with Iceland - and potentially face England at Wembley

Gudmundsson missed the 3-0 defeat at home to Chelsea last Saturday after picking up a niggly calf injury against Spurs.

That came on the back of a knee problem picked up in the first game of this term in the Carabao Cup against Sheffield United.

He was named in the Iceland squad on Friday, for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Hungary on Thursday, as well as the Nations League games with Denmark on Sunday, and England at Wembley the following Wednesday.

And he was an unused substitute at Brighton for Burnley on Friday night.

Dyche is happy for him to link up with the national side, rather than stay with his club, and and admits he was close to starting at the Amex Stadium, before turning to Robbie Brady: “It was touch and go, should we and shouldn't we.

”He will (go away) as long as they will use him wisely.

”Their manager has been very fair with him and us about what they are trying to achieve.

”There was a chance of him playing tonight, he said he was fine.

”But I have to make the calls as well, because we keep losing players, and there are tough calls and I have to make them, so I decided that he should miss this one.

”I would have probably put him on if needed, but I decided against it.

“He gets another few days’ training and can go away, and hopefully the extra days he can get fitter.”