Sean Dychehas played down speculation that he could become the next Tottenham manager. The 54-year-old has been out of work since his departure from Nottingham Forest last month and he has been linked with a sensational return to the dugout at crisis club Spurs.
The north London side sit 17th in the Premier League, just one point and one place above 18th-place West Ham, who sit inside the dreaded bottom three. And with Spurs failing to win any of their last 13 top-flight matches, there is a real concern that relegation could be on the cards.
Taking this and Igor Tudor's uncertain future into consideration, Dyche has been tipped as the man to come in and save Tottenham and keep them in the Premier League.
Tudor was confirmed as Thomas Frank's replacement in mid-February but has endured a nightmare start to life in interim charge, picking up just one point from a possible 18 in the top-flight.
The Croatian, 47, who has signed a contract until the summer, has come under huge pressure and Spurs are deliberating changing manager before the end of the international break, according to talkSPORT.
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Should Spurs make a change, Dyche is among the leading favourites to take charge. And on Saturday, the former Everton and Burnley manager was asked about the rumours linking him with the Tottenham job.
In a special talkSPORT show with Jonny Owen, Dyche said: "I was in the pub just up the way, near my place that I've got down here. And this guy, he goes, 'You’re meant to be in talks with Spurs'.
"And I'm like, 'Well I'm sat next to you having a pint of Guinness.' So I said, 'It's unlikely.' I'm with you mate (Jonny Owen) and I'm on talkSPORT…that's what I'm doing."
After pouring cold water around the Tottenham speculation, Dyche opened up on the managerial minefield and getting linked to a number of vacancies in England and beyond.
Dyche added: "You get clickbaited to death, don't you? So no matter what you do, it's a very tricky situation. You’re 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 hasn't 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's got ideas above his station."
Dyche's record at Premier League level is respectable. During his time in the division at Burnley, Everton and Forest, he has won 99 and drawn 95 of his 350 top-flight matches in the dugout.
