Sean Dyche has questioned Jurgen Klopp on his claims there is not enough done for player welfare in the Premier League as Burnley prepare to face Leeds United on Sunday.
Liverpool boss Klopp has recently made strong comments on the number of games that players are forced to play over the festive period.
The Reds lost to Leicester City on Tuesday night and were due to play Leeds just two days earlier on Boxing Day, but that game was postponed due to a Covid outbreak at Elland Road.
Klopp offered Burnley as a possible example for why having the rule of 14 Premier League clubs voting in favour of changes, like five substitutions, has its problems.
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The Liverpool boss believes allowing five substitutions would improve player welfare as it reduces the risk of injury.
However, Dyche has come out strongly to dismiss Klopp’s comments, by claiming that player welfare has never been better given the volume of medical support that they are offered.
In an interview with Sky Sports, he said: "I keep hearing this term player welfare.
"I've got to be honest, I think the welfare of my players here is absolutely fantastic - the way they are looked after.
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"Health and well-being is top of the list and we do that well here.
"Add to that the challenge of Covid - the players have got information coming out of their ears over the situation - medical support and the Premier League offering them all the testing programme... so it does make me question the idea of player welfare.
"The players have to be careful themselves because the welfare is off the scale for me, personally."
