New Burnley chairman Pace slams Southampton owners; says past Northwest owners 'demoralised everyone' | OneFootball

A bullish new Burnley chairman Alan Pace has taken aim at Southampton and past owners of clubs in the Northwest after their takeover last week.

Pace has revealed they have big plans for the Clarets' academy.

He told the Daily Mail: "This should be an aspirational place.

"We need to try to become the home of English players coming through up here.

"Look at Southampton, we have a tremendous amount of respect for what they did with their academy. Yet over the last five years, under the current owner, they have destroyed that.

"This comes back to the different revenue streams. It cannot be based solely on selling of players. And what has happened in the North West over the past few years is a shame... from having all these Premier League clubs, all this passion, to demoralising everyone because of bad owners.

"We can take this club to a different level with help. Are there great opportunities for us to build a more ambitious club? Yes, be it winning a cup competition or getting to the Europa again, or whatever things looks like in the next four or five years. Here is a successful club in its own right. Let's broaden its success, rather than defining it by one thing."