Look at the squad, there was no investment in players. I thought we should be getting better results, but look at the bigger picture' Sean Dyche speaks out about his sacking from Burnley

"I thought we should be getting better results, but if you look at the bigger picture, you think, What were your resources? Dyche even had a pub named after him in Burnley (Image credit: Getty) Look at the squad. I knew some of the players were just going over the edge and we should have refreshed two years earlier. The owner was trying to sell the club though, so there was no investment in players."

"We spent 750,000 one summer you can't compete on that sort of money. But in the bigger scheme of things and all the work we put in, I might argue my case more. One thing I am proud of was that when I left, I left everything organised. We did the morning meeting, the new staff came in, I explained what coaching we'd done that week and told them the team that we'd planned to pick for the weekend. There was no bitterness."

Sean Dyche managed Burnley for almost ten years, achieving two promotions and European qualification before leaving on April 15, 2022 amid a relegation battle. The club finished 18th and were relegated after caretaker Mike Jackson could not secure safety. Dyche accepts that results were inadequate but attributes decline to limited transfer investment, an ageing squad needing refreshment, and an owner attempting to sell the club. The club spent only £750,000 in one summer, which Dyche says was insufficient to compete. Dyche states he left club operations organised and reports no bitterness on his departure.

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