STEVE Cotterill's Spanish inquisition' is unlikely to result in a transfer swoop.

The Burnley manager jetted out to the continent on Monday to take in three trial games before returning to England in time for Besart Berisha's work permit hearing in Sheffield this morning.

Cotterill has always stated his intent to find players who are as good as if not better than his current crop when scouring the market. And it seems the players on show in Spain failed to meet those standards.

"There was nothing that would be what we would want," he said.

Today, Cotterill's attentions turn to Berisha, whose future with the Clarets rests with a panel made up of Home Office officials and representatives from the Football Association, Football League and Professional Footballers' Assoc-iation, who were due to meet in Sheffield this morning to go through all the evidence provided in support of the Albanian international's case to complete a £340,000 move and play in England.

Berisha, who has already played at Turf Moor when he scored his first international goal in a 3-1 defeat by England B last month, has agreed a deal in principle to join Burnley from Hamburg on a three-year contract.

And after previously missing out in bids to sign Macedonia international Artim Sakiri and Jamaican Luton Shelton because of Government red-tape, Cotterill is hoping to make it third time lucky.

"I'm looking forward to the hearing and hopefully it will be a positive outcome. We've got together a decent case," he said.

"Whether it's a decent case for the appeal we just have to wait and see what happens.

"But by the end of the day we should know. It either starts us looking or stops us looking."

The hearing is due to begin at 11am and, despite the floods distrupting vast parts of Sheffield, is expected to go ahead as planned.