Sean Dyche brushed off a former team-mate’s bizarre suggestion that he eats worms.
Danish striker Soren Andersen, who played with the Burnley manager at Bristol City, labelled him ‘strange and disgusting’.
Dyche laughed those comments off and claimed that a training ground prank had been lost in translation after Anderson said gobbling worms contribute to his gravel voice.
Sean Dyche brushed off a former team-mate’s bizarre suggestion that he eats worms
Former Bristol City team-mate Soren Andersen claimed that is why Dyche’s voice is so gravelly
‘I also smoke exhaust pipes. I have gravel for breakfast. Those three combined often are the things that keep this voice sounding how it is,’ Dyche said.
‘It’s fair to say I didn’t actually eat the worms. It was a bit of banter I used to have – I’ve done it here and Watford too – that you get a nice, big juicy worm hanging out of your mouth.
‘It wobbles, wriggling around. Look as if you’re chewing it and then spit it out. Soren has probably taking it a bit too far. He’s a good lad.’
Dyche revealed Burnley are looking at adding new faces this month but admitted the scale of Alexis Sanchez’s deal at Manchester United will impact on the Premier League’s smaller clubs.
Dyche revealed Burnley are looking at adding new faces to the squad this month
‘Every time a super power spends enormous money does drip down on a sliding scale,’ he added.’
Asked if a £100,00-a-week player could soon turn up at Turf Moor, Dyche added: ‘It’ll be a while I think. We’re quite a long way off that at the moment.
‘The numbers have jumped so who knows? The next TV deal might add to that. A club like ours is about running it in a fashion that we can move forward.
‘Some Championship clubs are paying beyond us. That’s the ongoing challenge.’