Sean Dyche would not have taken Tottenham job for any amount of money in the world
Sean Dyche has set the record straight regarding whether Tottenham ever contacted him and whether he would have accepted the job.
Reports over the last few weeks suggested that Spurs seriously considered hiring Sean Dyche to replace Igor Tudor as they viewed the Englishman as a ‘relegation specialist’.
There were suggestions that Tottenham wanted Dyche as an interim, but the former Burnley boss was not keen on the role.
In the end, Spurs decided to hand Roberto De Zerbi a five-year deal rather than go for another interim, with the Italian committing himself to the North London club for the long term.
Sean Dyche reveals if Tottenham contacted him
The speculation grew when Dyche was spotted in a pub in London a week and a half ago, leading to suggestions that he was in conversations with Spurs.
However, the 54-year-old has now clarified that he had no interactions with the North London club’s hierarchy when he was in the capital city.
When asked about the speculation linking him with the Tottenham job, Dyche told talkSPORT: “I spend a lot of time in London, not working but socially, and I just happened to be here at the same time the Tottenham job opened.
“Once you’re in the city, people put two and two together and it was never about getting drawn into the rumours. I’m telling the truth, there was a lot of speculation and talk and I was playing it down correctly so. It’s no disrespect to anyone, it’s a brilliant club and I’ve said that but it’s nonsense to presuppose an outcome just because you’re in the same city.”
Jim White then directly asked Dyche if he had a conversation with Spurs, to which he responded: “No, I did not.”
Dyche claims he would have never accepted the Spurs job
Dyche claimed that no matter how lucrative a contract Tottenham had offered him, he was never going to take charge of the club.
The experienced Premier League boss insisted that he did not want to risk being the one to relegate Spurs and admitted that he was unlikely to be seen as the right fit for the long term by the Lilywhites.
He added: “Obviously, in the career I have, it does pay well, but I wouldn’t go in there (Tottenham) looking for money. They could offer me a massive amount of money, I’m sure they’re capable of it, and allegedly they’ve offered [Roberto] De Zerbi a massive amount of money.
“It would have been about what are you [Spurs] going to help me gain as a human being. What would I gain? Let’s say you go in there and get the job done [not get relegated], then next season if you’re not in the top four and the football’s not what they want, then you’re rubbish and they want you out.
“So you’re not going to gain a lot there, are you? And that’s if you get the job done, because it’s not easy. If you don’t get the job done, then somehow it’s on my neck that I took Tottenham down. That ain’t good for me as a human, this is not even about football at this point. Then you get some money, and I go, I’m not thirsty for that. I’ve got some money.”
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