BLOCK ON BRIT BOSSES
Giant snub irks Sean
SEAN DYCHE says there is no chance of him being poached by one of the big clubs – because they are not interested in British managers.
Starsport columnist Paul Merson reckons the Burnley boss would be a great choice for Arsenal if Arsene Wenger quits as manager this summer.
Dyche has taken the Clarets to the Premier League twice during his four and a half years at Turf Moor and a home win over Stoke tonight would leave them on the brink of survival.
Unlikely
But he believes the clubs fighting for Champions League football will all look abroad if they decide to change managers.
Dyche said: “It’s highly unlikely that English managers get massive jobs in the Premier League.
“Maybe over time, the feeling about football changes. I just don’t think English managers have got the kudos of some of their foreign counterparts.
“I think for Arsenal I need some more depth to my experience, more growth as a manager, and I think it’s fair to say that we’re working hard at what we do here.”
None of the Premier League’s top seven clubs have a homegrown ® manager – with Tony Pulis at West Brom and Stoke’s Mark Hughes (above) the highest-placed British bosses in the division.
But Dyche believes there is plenty of managerial ability in this country.
He said: “There are some really good British managers out there. Tony Pulis is well versed in what’s going on.
“Alan Pardew was spoken about as the England manager, then a few months later was out of a job because of the complexities of football.
“Sam Allardyce is a good manager. Eddie Howe is doing a fantastic job down at Bournemouth. I just don’t think they’re thought of in the same way sometimes as what their foreign counterparts are.”
Stoke boss Hughes certainly reckons Dyche deserves recognition for the work he has done at Burnley.
“He’s done a great job there,” said Hughes. “They’ve learned from when they were in the division before and their home form is exceptional.
“A lot of big-name foreign managers come here and they don’t bring any more to the party than a good British manager would bring.
“There’s not a lot out there that we don’t know. Nobody is reinventing the wheel.”