Heaton extends Burnley deal

Tom Heaton became the second player in as many days to commit his future to Burnley by agreeing terms on a new three-year deal.

With Sean Dyche s men planning for life in the Premier League, defender Ben Mee signed a three-year contract on Wednesday and on Thursday it was confirmed that goalkeeper Heaton had followed suit.

Heaton, who had one year left on his previous deal with an option for a further 12 months, joined Burnley from Bristol City at the start of the 2013-14 campaign.

He started every league game as the Lancashire club finished runners-up to Leicester City in the Championship, keeping 19 clean sheets as Dyche s side ended the season with the best defensive record in the division.

And the 28-year-old believes Burnley can defy the odds to maintain their top-flight status after the club enjoyed a fleeting existence in the Premier League in 2009-10.

It [promotion] was certainly the ambition when I signed here only 12 months ago and obviously it was a fantastic season, he told the club s official website.

It s great to be a part of it, and I m looking forward to hopefully being a bit part of it going forward.

We will set our stall out [to be] ambitious again and the aim is to stay in the Premier League and then kick on from there.

I think I m the eternal optimist but you never know what you can achieve and I think I ve been in the game long enough to know what is around the corner if you do things properly.

If you do that as individuals and a collective then you give yourself a great chance and that will certainly be the motto from me again.

I feel that personally I have got more to come and I m really excited to show that here.

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