"Keep saying it, keep saying it, keep saying it" Sean Dyche reveals the brilliant bit of advice Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson gave him that helped Burnley win promotion

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"He came straight over and gave me his number"Alex Ferguson (Image credit: Getty Images)Sean Dyche was among them. Sean Dyche (Image credit: Getty Images)“It started very quickly,” said Dyche on The Good, The Bad & The Football, in partnership with Midnite. “I went to a charity gig just after [landing] the Burnley job and to be fair, to his credit, [Ferguson] came straight over and gave me his number. Keep saying it, and saying it, and saying it.’” “We just kept winning, and winning, and winning,” recalled the former Burnley boss.