Sean Dyche drops revelation amid West Brom links – ‘I’ve had offers’ | OneFootball

Sean Dyche has opened up on life after his Nottingham Forest exit following links with the West Brom job.

Speculation ramped up over whether West Brom would be looking for a third permanent manager of the season after they parted ways with Eric Ramsay just over a week ago.

A 1-1 draw at home to Charlton Athletic brought the Welshman's 44-day reign in the The Hawthorns hotseat to an end, which meant the former Baggies boss had failed to record a single victory from the nine Championship games he was in charge of.

Following Ramsay’s departure, club legend James Morrison stepped into the interim role, but failed to have any influence as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Oxford United last weekend.

And with the club originally failing to provide clarity over the managerial situation, former Nottingham Forest and Everton manager Sean Dyche was in the frame for the post.

But after a few days, a report by Football Insider ruled the 54-year-old out of the running, claiming Dyche wasn’t interested over a return to management at The Hawthorns.

This was backed up by Albion later confirming that Morrison had been placed in charge of the first-team for the remainder of the campaign, adding technical coach Matt Gill to the backroom staff, who worked with Russell Martin at Southampton when the Saints gained promotion out of the Championship in 2024.

With the saga brought to an end, Dyche has been speaking to journalist Henry Winter about his coaching ambitions since departing the City Ground, admitting he has already received offers at a “top level.”

Sean Dyche reveals he has already received “top level” offers since Nottingham Forest exit

Speaking to Henry Winter on the Football Boardroom podcast, Sean Dyche revealed he has already received offers from “top level” sides since his exit from Nottingham Forest, but admitted he isn’t in a rush to return to the dugout.

Dyche said: “I will question my next move, definitely.

“I went back into Forest because I had a gut feeling of doing the right think for a club that is, you know, I care about.

“Football has never defined me as a person. It might do from the outside looking in, but it doesn’t define me inside. I know what I am.

“I could branch off at this minute now and do what you’re doing now and be quite happy, but you know, I’ve done my bit, so if I do more, great, if I don’t do more, I won’t be crying over it.

“But ‘you left with this moment or that moment’, I’m not bothered by that, I’ve given my lot, I always do, so I’ve got no problem with that.

“If I choose to step away, it will be my choice, it won’t be because no one will employ me, I can say I’ve had offers already, by the way, so that’s not a problem.”

“But the point is, you go, do I need that? Do I want to make a decision? Not at the moment.”

West Brom didn’t stand much of a chance of landing Sean Dyche

It’s interesting to see that Sean Dyche is already being sought after so soon after his Nottingham Forest exit.

We’ll never know whether a concrete offer was actually made by West Brom and controlling shareholder Shilen Patel, but it would have been an almighty surprise to see him swap a Premier League relegation battle for a dogfight down at the bottom end of the second tier.

After a turbulent time dealing with controversial owner Evangelos Marinakis, it’s understandable for Dyche to want to take some time out and assess his options heading into next season, with the right opportunity unlikely to arrive with just a few months remaining until the close of the 2025-26 campaign.

Meanwhile, Dyche would have been at risk of destroying his reputation completely if he failed to keep Albion up, and it wasn’t a gamble worth taking on from his perspective, particularly when this West Brom squad has consistently thrown many managers under the bus because of abject performances and results.

From the club side, there are questions over whether they had ample financial resources to fund a move for Dyche, and that could well be the case given they have handed the reins over to Morrison in the short-term and continue to pay off Ryan Mason and Eric Ramsay from their long-term contracts.

While an appoitment of Dyche would have been such a coup, it was very unlikely to come about in the first place, and now doubts have been raised as to whether the 54-year-old will step foot into a dugout ever again.