Dyche was sacked by Nottingham Forest in early February after a goalless draw in the Premier League with bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers, leaving the Tricky Trees in a relegation battle.

However, since Vitor Pereira's appointment, draws against Manchester City and Fulham, along with a 3-0 win over Spurs last time out, have seen Forest climb up to 16th on the table.

Spurs, meanwhile, are just one point above the bottom three, having lost four of their five league games under Tudor, and drawing the other.

Tottenham has not won any of its past 13 league matches, losing eight and drawing five, equalling its second-longest winless run in league competition.

Tudor's future was thrown into further question after the death of his father, Mario, last weekend, with Dyche named as one of the favourites to take over for the remainder of the season.

When asked about the Spurs rumours on local radio, Dyche laughed: "Ah, it's brilliant, honestly.

"I was in the pub and this guy goes, 'Ah, you're meant to be in talks with Spurs tonight?' And I say, 'I'm sat next to you having a pint of Guinness, so it's unlikely, unless you work for Spurs.'

"To give you an inside view, when you're the manager, you know you're going to get asked these at some point and whatever part of your career if you're doing all right.

"You get asked and you try to be respectful because let's use Tottenham as an example. A brilliant club, massive club and all the rest of it and one of my first ever memories is Ricky Villa's goal and so you say yeah, flattered.

"And [social media] say, 'He hasn't said no,' and then you go, 'no,' and they say, 'he wants it really', so you say, 'yes,' and they say, 'I knew he wanted it,' so what can you say?"

Spurs are not in action again until 13 April (AEDT), when they face Sunderland at The Stadium of Light.