After making a comment that did not sit well with the boardroom members, Sean Dyche has been reminded of his background. He claimed that the club’s financial problems would not have arisen under his direction.
Sean Dyche says the financial mess into which Everton have been plunged in recent years ‘would not happen on my watch’ and that, unlike previous managers, he would not ‘throw the club under the bus’ by demanding war chests for every transfer window.
The Toffees announced losses of £89.1million in their latest accounts on Easter Sunday and the club have already received a six-point deduction — reduced from 10 on appeal — for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules.
Everton will discover in the coming days if they are to be hit with another sanction for a separate breach in a different set of accounts. They are four points clear of the relegation zone ahead of today’s clash with Dyche’s former side Burnley.
‘It wasn’t on my watch, unfortunately,’ said Dyche, referring to the vast overspending on transfers at the start of Farhad Moshiri’s ownership which led the club into a financial crisis. ‘It would not have happened on my watch. Trust me.
‘I would have been saying, “no, no, no” because the health of the club is important to me. Having played my part in building one (at Burnley),I wouldn’t be throwing the club under the bus by saying, “I am the manager, I need £250m”. I would be going, “No, how can that work for this club? We cannot afford it”.’
