After almost ten years, Sean Dyche, 50, has been sacked as Burnley’s coach, with the club battling relegation from the Premier League.Burnley are currently 18th in the table, four points from safety. They have won just one of their last seven Premier League games, losing 2-0 to fellow relegation strugglers Norwich on Sunday.U23s coach Mike Jackson, assisted by academy director Paul Jenkins, U23s goalkeeping coach Connor King and club captain Ben Mee have been asked to take charge of the team for Sunday’s game with West Ham.Wow😳 https://t.co/Coa7viQ00V— Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) April 15, 2022 Dyche is no longer the longest-serving manager in the Premier League, having spent nearly a decade at Burnley. He temporarily joined the England U21 backroom staff in September 2012, soon taking over at Burnley from the departing Eddie Howe in October of the same year.He led Burnley to two promotions from the Championship, the last coming in the 2015/16 season.Yes, he’s that popular out there… (©Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)After signing a new four-year deal in September 2018, he guided Burnley to a seventh-place finish in the Premier League. The achievement saw Burnley secure Europa League football for the first time in 51 years and their best top-flight finish since a sixth-place finish in 1974.Relegation threatened Burnley have sacked Sean Dyche as their manager after 10 years togetherBurnley are 18th in the Premier League table, 4 points from safety with eight games to playDyche was the longest serving manager but that title now goes to Jurgen Klopp#Burnley #PL pic.twitter.com/uoKIwjJYYw— Ochi (@soo_ochieng) April 15, 2022 Chairman Alan Pace said in a statement: “Firstly, we would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Sean and his staff for their achievements at the Club over the last decade.”During his time at Turf Moor, Sean has been a credit both on and off the pitch, respected by players, staff, supporters, and the wider football community.”However, results this season have been disappointing and, while this was an incredibly difficult decision, with eight crucial games of the campaign remaining, we feel a change is needed to give the squad the best possible chance of retaining its Premier League status.”The process of replacing Sean has begun and further announcements will be made to supporters in due course.”ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 33Saturday14.30: (1.61) Tottenham (4.00) Brighton (6.25)17.00: (1.30) Man.Utd. (6.50) Norwich (10.0)17.00: (4.10) Southampton (3.50) Arsenal (2.00)17.00: (3.00) Watford (3.20) Brentford (2.70)Sunday16.15: (2.39) Newcastle (3.35) Leicester (3.40)16.15: (1.82) West Ham (3.70) Burnley (5.40)***odds are subject to change
