Burnley have sacked manager Sean Dyche with eight matches of the season remaining in a desperate attempt to secure their Premier League status.
Dyche was the Premier League’s longest-serving manager and had kept Burnley in the top flight for the past five seasons despite operating on one of the league’s smallest budgets. Yet with the team third from bottom and four points adrift of Everton, who Burnley beat last week, the club’s owner, ALK Capital, has sacked the manager, who signed a new four-year contract eight months ago.
