Everton boss Sean Dyche insists he wouldn't have allowed the reckless spending of the club if he'd been in charge at the time.

Everton are now battling financial issues and breaches of Premier League rules.

Dyche said, “I would not have let that happen because it would not be good for the club and eventually it is going to hurt the club. That would be my opinion. And I know I can say that because I did that at another club. I can stand true to that."

He added: “It wouldn't have happened on my watch. Trust me. Because I would have been saying, 'no, no, no, no' because the health of the club is important to me. Having played my part in building one, I wouldn't be throwing the club under the bus by saying: 'I am the manager, I need £250m'.

"I would be going: 'No, how can that work for this club? We cannot afford it'."