Burnley manager Sean Dyche signs new long-term contract

Manager Sean Dyche committed his future to Burnley on Tuesday by signing a new long-term contract designed to keep him at Turf Moor until 2022. Dyche's backroom staff also signed new four-and-a-half-year contracts.

The new deal was announced in the midst of a season that could result in Burnley finishing in the top half of the table for the first time in over 40 years.

“I am quite young in management terms. I am still learning and still improving, I believe, so for my personal reasons, as well, I think it’s the right place to be," said Dyche.

“It’s a very good environment and I enjoy it and I enjoy the connection I’ve had with this area.

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“There’s lots of work to be done, but I’m definitely ‘in’ for the work to be done.”

It's understood the new contract includes a substantial pay rise, with Dyche earning £3.5 million annually to become the highest paid employee at Burnley, according to Matt Hughes of The Times.

The 46-year-old garnered plenty of attention during the first half of the season when Burnley sat as high as fourth in the Premier League. That success seemingly gave way to reports linking Dyche to the vacant Everton role before the Merseyside outfit hired Sam Allardyce.

Dyche, who previously managed Watford, took charge of Burnley in October 2012 when the club competed in the Championship, before helping the Clarets achieve promotion to the Premier League on two occasions.