Sean Dyche has hit back at claims he has a ‘sacking clause’ at Everton.
Dyche faces growing pressure ahead of Saturday’s trip to Leicester City after exiting the Carabao Cup to fellow Premier League newcomers Southampton.
Such is the precarious nature of the former defender’s current tenure that rumours of a £5 million clause if he were to be dismissed have surfaced.
But Dyche felt the need to address the claims by responding unprompted to suggestions that he would benefit from an acrimonious Goodison Park exit.
He said: “What I will correct is that there seems to be a story going round about my contract
“That is nonsense. My contract is going down day by day. End of story. You might as well get rid of that one.
“I don’t think it is right when the world makes up stories that then get heat and I then get heat on situations that have nothing to do with me.
“Absolute fact is that my contract is running down by the minute. That’s it.
“The story was I get paid whether I am here or not or whether I have one day on my contract or 10 years. That is absolute nonsense.
“Judge me by my work, that’s fine, but don’t try to [question] me as a person because that is not fair and it is just not the case.”