BURNLEY are bolstering their backroom staff, with Frank McParland set to be announced as the club's new director of football.

McParland recently left a similar position at Brentford, coinciding with manager Mark Warburton and assistant manager David Weir's departures from the London club at the end of the season, despite taking the Bees to the Championship play-off final just 12 months after securing promotion from League One.

McParland, who previously worked with Burnley manager Sean Dyche as chief scout at Watford, has a long history with Liverpool.

He is credited as the man who pushed to sign Raheem Sterling, and before that he was the club's chief scout under Rafa Benitez.