Former Everton manager Sean Dyche is being linked with a swift return to football less than a week after being the third Nottingham Forest boss to be sacked this season.

Recent reports have claimed that Scott Parker is now under severe pressure as despite securing a first Premier League victory in 17 games with their 3-2 comeback win at Crystal Palace on February 11, the Clarets were then dumped out of the FA Cup by League One Mansfield Town as they suffered a 2-1 home defeat on Valentine’s Day. Amid the speculation that Parker could be on the brink, former Everton chief executive Keith Wyness claims he’s heard that Dyche could make a dramatic return to Burnley.

Speaking on Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, Wyness, 68, who was the Blues’ CEO between 2004-09 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs, said: “Well, the whispers I heard this morning was Sean Dyche going back to Burnley. And I think that that wouldn’t surprise me at all, actually, if that was to happen.

“I think Scott Parker’s done an admirable job. It’s very difficult circumstances with Burnley. They didn’t invest like Sunderland did in...