BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche says he will make late calls on trio Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor and Matej Vydra ahead of Saturday's trip to Saints.

All three missed last weekend's defeat at Manchester City, with captain Mee testing positive for coronavirus, while Taylor and Vydra were injured.

Asked if any could return for the clash at St Mary's, Dyche said: "They are the main three. We're going to have to make a decision on all three of them actually, because they're close.

"It's a three-game week next week as well so we'll have to make a decision on them.

"But they're all close to it, it's who we decide and for what reasons. We're hopeful on those three, but we will have to make a call tomorrow I think."

Discussing Mee, Dyche added: “He wasn’t particularly unwell but he had to follow the protocols because of a raised temperature and things like that, so obviously it knocks your training programme."

Summer recruit Connor Roberts was involved in the squad for the first time last weekend but stayed on the bench, and Dyche is reluctant to throw him in too soon.

He explained: “He still hasn’t played 90 minutes. We’re trying to get him games.

"He went away with Wales and, if it went wrong it would be too early but as it happens he’s come through it, which is good news.

“He’s training with us regularly now, of course. We are trying to get games that would suit him at the appropriate level. He’s good to have around the squad, that’s for sure. We want him to integrate into the group.”