Burnley confirm Mears capture

Mears: Three-year deal

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Burnley have expressed their delight after completing the signing of Tyrone Mears from Derby.

The Premier League new boys have been pursuing the defender for much of the summer and recently agreed a fee with the Rams.

Skysports.com revealed on Monday that the deal had been finalised and the Clarets have now confirmed the news.

Manager Owen Coyle is thrilled to have captured the full-back on a three-year deal and believes he will enjoy a successful career at Turf Moor.

"We are delighted to get Tyrone," Coyle told the club's official website.

"He is a player with real pace and we have been looking for that in the full-back areas.

"He is hungry, still relatively young and desperate to do well."

Freak

Mears is looking for a change of luck in the top flight after a shattering experience in the 2007-08 season when he was part of the Derby side that finished with an all-time low tally of 11 points.

"It was a freak season, something I do not think will happen again. I have blanked it out of my mind, " Mears told Clarets World.

"I like to get forward but it was difficult to do that as we never had any of the ball. I hope it is going to be different this time with Burnley.

"I may have had experience in the top flight but I still need to prove I am a Premiership player."

Mears was anxious to return home from France for domestic reasons, adding: "It was not a decision which was the best club, more about where I was going to be happy in terms of being with my family.

"Marseille is a great club. If it was a different situation I would have signed there. But I needed to come back to England and Burnley have given me that chance in the Premier League."