Burnley manager Sean Dyche insists he is happy to remain in charge at Turf Moor – as long as there is a clear vision of where his club is going.
Speculation has mounted that the highly-regarded Burnley boss could be a summer target for rivals, especially after Dyche was at loggerheads with his board over their failure to sign four players whose contracts expired post-lockdown.
But Dyche claims he is happy to work within his employers’ financial limits, as long as they are made clear.
“Every manager is ambitious and we’ve been ambitious within the framework we’re given here,” said Dyche.
“Ambition here is making the best of everything we can and that’s a big challenge. We’re trying to rinse every drop out of every situation we can; it’s tough at times but it’s enjoyable.
“So we need to make sense of it. We’re ambitious to a level that the club can allow us to get but we’re certainly ambitious with the players we’ve got. We don’t make excuses, we keep driving them, ourselves included.
“That’s the way I look at it. As long as I know what the challenge is, I’m happy to manage.
“As long as I know what the guidelines are I’m expected to work under – it only starts getting tricky when those guidelines start getting blurred or they start getting stretched and they’re not stretched in the right direction.”
Brighton took a deserved 20th-minute lead through midfielder Yves Bissouma, whose first league goal in English football was one to relish as he curled in a 25-yard shot after Chris Wood had cleared his initial effort.
It was part of a strong opening from the visitors who could have doubled their lead four minutes later when Neal Maupay met a cross from the excellent Tariq Lamptey but could only hit the bar.
But despite Brighton keeper Mat Ryan being a virtual first half spectator, he was left with little chance when Erik Pieters floated through a superb long ball which Wood controlled with one foot and converted with the other.
Brighton’s lead was restored five minutes after the restart when Maupay’s through ball played Aaron Connolly through and, after the striker had shrugged off Kevin Long, he finished confidently from a wide angle.
There was drama, just before the hour, when Jay Rodriguez thought he had levelled, from Ashley Westwood’s corner, only for his effort to be ruled out for offside against Johann Gudmundsson.
Yet for Graham Potter, a deserved win came at the end of a season in which his side has deservedly remained in the top flight.
“We’ll have to come back and try to improve,” said Potter.
“It’s a good start for us, in the first season in the Premier League for myself and a lot of the players. There has been a lot of learning going on so to end up with 41 points is good.
“We want to improve of course but the Premier League is so tough. You see Bournemouth and Watford end up getting relegated and they are two teams at the start of the season you wouldn’t have thought would.”
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