The big Dane, the longest-serving current player, arrived at Turf Moor in the summer of 2003, and was the only senior keeper on the books, until being joined by Nathan Abbey and Paul Rachubka midway through his first season.

Stan Ternent steered the Clarets to safety that season, and, in the last three seasons, as Jensen has jostled for the jersey with Danny Coyne and Gabor Kiraly, Burnley have climbed two places in the table each year since 2006.

The Beast had no-one to push him hard for a starting berth in that first season, but now has Diego Penny and Kiraly on hand in training, working hard to bring the best out of each other.

Jensen admits he thrives on the rivalry, and said: "It's nice (with three of us). Sometimes when the was only two of us, we don't have a break in between in training.

"Now we alternate all the time. We always play five-a-sides with three teams in training, and pick our own teams, so we get a bit of a rest.
"You get more quality, because when you get that rest, you can always work harder when you have to.

"The quality is very good and I fully enjoy working with them.
"I'm always inspired by competition. You need somebody to keep you on your toes, because otherwise you only go the other way.

"As soon as somebody keeps you on your toes, you work harder and try to get fitter and try to do everything right, and so far, so good."

Jensen feels the squad as a whole is stronger than ever, and added: "It was hard work when I was the only keeper on the books.

"It's completely different now. The club has moved forward massively and has some good players in, compared to the first season when I was here, when we had to get rid of players.

"With the old gaffer Stan Ternent, he had to get rid of players because we never made a play-off position or promotion, and we had a big wage bill. We had to get rid of players and had a squad of about 15.

"Then when Steve Cotterill came, Mark Yates, the coach, was on the bench, and that was a squad of about 15 or 16 players as well.
"Now we've got 23 or 24, and probably a couple more, so we're definitely working in the right direction."

Penny started the season in goal in the 4-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday, before Jensen was given the nod for the 2-0 win at Bury, and he was glad to get the chance to shine at Gigg Lane, where he produced a stunning double save on the hour to preserve Burnley's lead: "I tried to make an impression on the gaffer all pre-season, but there's only one of us that can play.

"He chose to go for Diego in the first game, which is fair enough, but he chose me on Tuesday and it went okay.
"I wanted to play last week, so, of course I was disappointed, but anybody would be, or otherwise they shouldn't play football.

"I tried to redeem myself on Tuesday and it went okay, we just have to see what happens against Ipswich."