‘I don't think so': 51-year-old manager thinks he never actually had a chance of getting the Chelsea job
Former Burnley manager Sean Dyche has claimed on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football that he didn’t have a chance like Graham Potter to become Chelsea manager.
The Blues went against their normal method of hiring the biggest name available when it was time for Todd Boehly to make his first managerial appointment at the club.
Instead, he went for the Brighton manager, making him only the second English manager of Chelsea since 1993.
The move will perhaps give managers of clubs a bit further down the table hope and belief that their work is being recognised. It has been claimed that Boehly made himself very aware of Potter’s work.
However, Dyche believes the club he managed may have held him back from the potential offer.
When asked if he would have expected the job if his Burnley side sat 7th, he said:
Dyche didn’t think he had Chelsea chance
“I don’t think so, not at that time. I think sometimes there is a different feel to how you operate and your tonality and rhetoric.
“Burnley isn’t a trendy club anyway, we brought it to life, but it’s not like Brighton. I think he’s done well there and I do like him a lot and respect him.
“The perspective side of football is so powerful now, but you can’t change it overnight you can only change it by the work that you do.”
Dyche has yet to return to management since his sacking last season, as Burnley tried the last resort to remain in the Premier League.
They failed in this talk, although are now rebuilding near the top of the Championship under Vincent Kompany.
It can certainly be claimed that Potter had done enough at Brighton to earn an opportunity at a club like Chelsea. The style of football he had been playing at Brighton as appose to Burnley certainly didn’t do him any harm either.
