The Blues have lost their first two games of the campaign, to Brighton and Tottenham Hotspur, but Dyche has called for patience and understanding from fans, acknowledging that the club currently have "no money" to spend in the transfer market.

Following their 4-0 loss at the weekend, the Everton manager said: "Until I'm told different, there isn't any finance to go and change things. This is what we are."

Over the summer, Everton sold Amadou Onana to Aston Villa, and Dyche has admitted to feeling frustrated at the current situation.

He explained: "We changed the storyline last season, then in the summer we sell big players. You're trying to build a squad and the challenge starts again. It's a never-ending challenge at Everton Football Club.

"There's so many stories, so much noise every day and it's not very often about the football."

Dyche has also urged fans to retain some perspective about their start to the campaign.

He said: "Is there a reality it's tough to come down here [to Spurs] anyway? Yes. Is there a reality it's even tougher when you've got a thin squad and you haven't invested like these have? Yes.

"Does that mean they win? No. I've shown that many times before, the players I've worked with... But you have to make games like today work in your favour and we didn't have enough to do that today.

"We finished strongly last season. We sell a player [Onana] who's growing and maturing and become a very important player. And then we bring in other players who we've got to start the process with again and make them grow and mature and become important players. It's a cycle that keeps going and going and going."