Dyche on Everton takeover
Everton boss Sean Dyche on the controversial takeover at the club and the challenge of facing Arsenal
Transcript
00:00 Shaun, again, things off the pitch are making the headlines.
00:02 So I just want to get your thoughts, first of all, on the takeover,
00:04 potential takeover, I should say, and obviously how it impacts you and the players at the moment.
00:10 Well, there's no impact on me at the moment or the players other than the news, obviously.
00:14 You know, of course, as a manager, I was aware of something maybe happening,
00:18 but I don't know as much as you from this morning, the strength of the words put out.
00:23 And I agree with you, I know there's also ongoing checks from the Premier League and the like,
00:27 so, you know, that will take some time.
00:30 Does that mean then you've had no chance to speak to the prospective new owners?
00:33 No, not at this stage. Like I say, strong news this morning was breaking to me as well.
00:38 Like I say, I knew some noise about it, but not the actual details.
00:42 I'm sure in due course I will speak to whoever needs to, but at this stage, it's too early for all that.
00:47 How does it compare to the situation you were in at Burnley?
00:49 Because obviously your final season there, a takeover happened.
00:52 So what similarities do you see between the positions the two clubs are in?
00:56 Well, I don't know the group that are coming in, obviously, with any depth at all, really.
01:00 So it's, you know, the people involved, the people you're working with or could be working with, depending.
01:05 And then, you know, you fathom that out as you go.
01:07 And so I don't know their different thoughts until I speak to them about what their vision of the future is.
01:13 From your memory, though, what impact did that takeover have on you at the time?
01:17 And I suppose, are there concerns that it can impact your position at the football club?
01:22 Well, it's more about the modelling of the club.
01:23 You know, the Burnley situation was different.
01:25 They changed the modelling of the club and their view of how they wanted it to go.
01:29 So that wasn't really the case.
01:30 You know, I made it clear afterwards we didn't win enough games, simple as that.
01:33 So I don't think it has anything to do with the people involved.
01:35 That's just a fact of the matter of being in management.
01:38 Obviously, we need to win more games at the current stage of this season, although we've been playing well.
01:42 But yeah, so all them things to be looked at, the carrots involved, should this deal go all the way through?
01:48 And then we'll find out more, you know, relationships, how you build relationships
01:51 and their view of how the club can move forward, both on the pitch and off the pitch.
01:55 And what does a manager need from boardroom level that maybe has been lacking since you arrived at the football club?
02:01 Well, I've only had a short window.
02:04 I think it'll be interesting to see, you know, because the club have kind of found its way
02:09 through all the different ways of working.
02:12 More latterly, it's been me and Kev, really, who have been hands-on all the time, obviously,
02:16 mainly in the markets and stuff like that, not the bigger picture, not the stadium and all stuff like that, quite obviously.
02:21 I don't know. It'll be interesting to see what their view of it is, you know, how they see it moving forward.
02:26 And like I say, both on and off the pitch, the business side of the club, obviously the stadium as well,
02:31 and then also on the pitch. So there are things to be looked at when, well,
02:35 let's imagine when everything's done and signed and sealed and tied up.