Sean Dyche is good enough to manage England one day, says Burnley ace Michael Duff

The 37-year-old is expected to keep his place in the back four when Tottenham visit Turf Moor on Sunday and Duff has backed his boss to go right to the top of the game.

Asked if he would be surprised if Dyche took charge of the national side one day, Duff said: “No, in a word, having worked with him and the way he gets the best out players.

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“Most of our players have played the majority of their careers in the Championship or lower than that and we are competing against multi, multi million pound squads and we are alive and kicking, so he has managed to get the best out of us.

“If he can do that at a higher level, why not?”

Since arriving at Turf Moor in October 2012 Dyche guided the Clarets to promotion last term, and they remain well in the hunt for survival in the Premier League this time around, against all the odds.

Duff, who has recently taken a pro licence course as he considers a future career in management, pinpoints a pre-season trip to Ireland before the 2013/14 campaign as the moment it all started to come together.

“We had a scare the first season he was here because we were looking over our shoulder for a long part of the season,” said the former Cheltenham defender, who has been awarded a Turf Moor testimonial this summer.

“We went to Cork at the start of last pre-season and that was when you could see a change. Everyone bought into it, obviously results help.

“People said this year that we have not bought enough players and spent enough money, but the players he has brought in have bought into the team mentality.

“There are no off days here. It is a culture, the players will have a go as well as the manager. I’ve learned a lot from him, little things he does and I think he will go on to be a top manager.

“Hopefully he will stay here a bit longer and achieve some more with us. I cannot see why somebody will not give him an opportunity from what he has done here.”

Duff might have turned 37 in January but he has no plans to hang up his boots yet, although contract talks over a new Turf Moor deal have yet to start, but he wants to stay in the game when his playing career does come to an end.

“I’ve done my pro licence and I want to stay in football after I’ve finished playing, but I have no plans to stop playing at the minute,” he said.

“I still love getting up for training in the morning. It’s not a bad job running around chasing after a football.

“You can take it for granted. It is a job, sometimes people find it hard to believe.

“You look at the game differently when you get to my age. The pro licence is nearly all based on management, so you look at sessions differently, look at the manager’s presentations, and this one isn’t a bad manager to learn from.”