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Sean Dyche shares his thoughts on Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard taking over as Burnley manager

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How much better would Liverpool have been if they’d hired an interim manager in January❓🔄 Credit: Sebastian Frej/James Holyoak/MB Media/Getty Images Sean Dyche gives verdict on Steven Gerrard to BurnleyDyche, of course, oversaw one of the Clarets’ most successful stints in recent memory and did admit he is ‘biased’.However, when asked about Gerrard becoming Burnley’s new manager on talkSPORT, he suggested it would be a good platform for the former Liverpool man.He said: “Stevie G, look, does he want to go back in at that level? If you’re going to do it like Frank has at Coventry, you’re going to a good concern, and that is a good concern.“I do think there’ll be money available, I do think they’ll retain some good players there, and they might bounce back stronger.



I know he’s a world-famous player and stuff, but he’s up and down with the management thing.”“Is he ready to go again? And a good platform for him, I feel.

But I do think it’s a good club, a really, really good fanbase. I think they’ll give someone like him a chance.”Will Steven Gerrard ever become Liverpool managerOf course, if some fans got their way, he would not be in the running for the Burnley role right now and instead be at Liverpool.After losing to Manchester City in the FA Cup, Reds supporters called for Gerrard to become interim manager earlier this year.That, of course, did not happen, while the former England international himself was asked about returning to Anfield as a coach last month and suggested he was perhaps not ready for a permanent role.He said: “Any help or area I could help the club in, I’d always try and do it if I could.