Fleetwood manager Joey Barton believes Sean Dyche can build up his reputation like Sir Alex Ferguson by staying put with Burnley. Dyche has done a credible job to transform the Clarets into a top-half Premier League outfit and Barton feels the former Watford centre-back has the credentials to stay for the long-term.
Speaking to reporters, he said: “He’s a top class British manager, the best that I’ve worked with. He’s outstanding. There’s not a whole plethora of those about at this moment in time. He’s somebody that has worked his way up the levels, he’s added really good core values to his group. I don’t think there are that many top class managers out there. There aren’t 50 or 60 of them, there are probably 10/15 of them. He [Dyche] can become the Sir Alex Ferguson of Burnley. Maybe that’s what he wants. I think it should be embraced for as long as it can.”
Burnley were expected to fight a relegation battle during the course of the Premier League campaign but they managed to surprise most of the neutrals by finishing seventh in the standings. As such, they have witnessed a number of their players earning call-ups to the England national side whilst they also have the opportunity to impress in the qualifying stage of the Europa League next term.
The Lancashire outfit have had a relatively quiet summer transfer window where they have not made any movement to pursue new recruits but there may be movement towards the end with a number of Championship players tipped to join the club. Burnley are said to want to re-sign Jay Rodriguez from West Bromwich Albion this summer alongside teammate Craig Dawson but so far, they have not managed to convince the Baggies to lower their £40m valuation for the duo.