SEAN Dyche said the stability on offer to him at Turf Moor played a crucial part in convincing him to extend his stay at Burnley.

The Clarets chief signed a new four-and-a-half year deal on Tuesday, taking him to the end of the 2021/22 season and within touching distance of a decade at the club.

While Dyche is refusing to make any ‘grand statements’ about where he sees the club going in that period, the security on offer at Burnley was crucial to his decision.

“You still want stability, in a non stable business. It’s not a forever thing, the chairman and the board have given me stability in that they believe in what I do, what my staff and team do, and understand the realities of the club,” Dyche said.

“That gives me a chance to continue to improve and learn, as well as hopefully rubbing off on the staff and team to continue what we’re doing.”

The latest League Managers Association report revealed that the 20 managers in England’s top four leagues to lose their jobs this season before December 31 had an average tenure of less than a year. Dyche is already seventh on the list of long-serving bosses.

His future was the subject of speculation in October and November when he was linked with vacancies at Leicester City and Everton. He was favourite for both jobs but no offers came.

And Dyche admits he knows he is a wanted man in Burnley.

“Some of that is out of my hands, if someone wanted me they knew where I am,” he said of the reason he remained with the Clarets.

“The club I’m at definitely wanted me to stay, they made that absolutely clear. I’ve enjoyed what we’ve done and continue to do here, but the main thing is I’ve always had a real respect of the industry and take good advice from good people in the game.

“At 46, I’m not in a rush to say I’m this, that or the other, I’m going to say I’m learning. When I went into coaching, I thought I wanted to be in it for a long time.

“I’m think I’m doing that. Part of it is what tick boxes do you want as a youngish manager? What environment gives you the best chance to improve?”

Since taking over from Eddie Howe in October 2012 Dyche has steered Burnley to remarkable success.

Promotion in his first full season in charge set the ball rolling and although relegation followed the Clarets won the Championship title in 2015/16.

Last term they secured top flight survival for the first time in more than four decades and Dyche has taken Burnley to eighth in the Premier League this term, having been in the top seven for most of the season.

But asked where he sees the club in the summer of 2022, the Turf boss said: “I’m not really one for grand statements about the future because football is a very tough industry to make guarantees, and I think it’s a constant challenge.

“It’s more about the fluidity of how we move forward, learning from the past, what can still be put together.

“Obviously there have been some big strides off the pitch, still things to finish here, and on the pitch we are moving forward as well with the style we’re playing in and the productivity.”