Sean Dyche directly responds to Tottenham manager rumours after funny pub encounter
Sean Dyche has now responded to the latest rumours linking him with a move to relegation-threatened Tottenham.
Tottenham Hotspur are reported to have set a timeline to decide the future of Igor Tudor, who has struggled in the dugout.
Spurs still sit dangerously close to the relegation zone, with just a single point separating them from the bottom three in the league.
With the club at risk of losing its league status, it is claimed that they are assessing new managerial options for the rest of the season.
Tottenham-linked Sean Dyche responds to Spurs talks rumours
Sean Dyche is one man who has been linked with the Tottenham job, and it is no surprise given his Premier League experience and reputation as a relegation specialist.
Whether he will join Tottenham, or if the recent reports are true, remains to be seen, but the former Nottingham Forest manager has now responded to the latest Spurs links.
talkSPORT has now quizzed the former Burnley and Everton boss on the rumours about his future.
Responding to the speculation, Dyche recalled a recent encounter in a pub in north London, saying: “That’s brilliant. Honestly, I was in a pub just up the way, near my place I’ve got down there.
“And this guy goes: ‘Oh, you’re meant to be in talks with Spurs’.
“And I said: ‘Well, I’m sat next to you having a pint of Guinness – it’s unlikely.
“I said: ‘Unless you work for Spurs, and they’re at The Seven Stars Pub having a pint of Guinness, it’s highly unlikely!
“[I said] No, I’m not. I’m with you, mate. And I’m on talkSPORT. That’s what I’m doing’.”
Spurs rumours highlight Sean Dyche stance on speculation
Continuing on the subject during the same appearance, Dyche addressed the wider issue of transfer speculation and how comments are often interpreted, explaining how managers struggle to navigate such questions.
He said: “You get clickbaited to death, don’t you?
“So no matter what you do, it’s a very tricky situation. You are right to ask for an inside view.
“When you’re the manager, you know you’re going to get asked these [questions] at some point, whatever part of your career, if you’re doing all right.
“And you get asked, and then you try and be respectful, because obviously, let’s use Tottenham as an example – brilliant club, massive club and all the rest.
“One of my first ever memories is Ricky Villa’s goal [in the 1981 FA Cup final] and all that. And then you go: ‘Yeah, I’m flattered.’
“And then they go: ‘Oh, he has not said no!’. Then you go: ‘No’. And they go: ‘Oh, he wants it, really?’
“And you say: ‘Yes’, and they go: ‘Oh, I knew he’d want it’.
“Whatever you say [people take the wrong way], because if you say: ‘No, I’m not interested’, it’s as if he has got ideas above his station.”
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