Burnley are in the unfamiliar position of needing a new manager after the club’s decision to sack Sean Dyche and oddsmakers have placed several coaches with Everton connections as early contenders.
Dyche was in charge at Turf Moor for nine-and-a-half years before the Clarets took the shock move to replace the 50-year-old on Friday. The club currently sit four points below Everton and adrift of safety after suffering a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Norwich in the same weekend that the Blues recorded their 1-0 win over Manchester United.
It was Everton that proved to give Dyche his last victory as Burnley manager, handing a deflating 3-2 loss to Frank Lampard’s side at Turf Moor earlier this month. And though the news is still relatively fresh, oddsmakers have already placed several figures with Blues connections in the frame for the Burnley hotseat.
