Sean Dyche defended Burnley's way of doing business after James Tarkowski refused to play for Brentford, after being linked with the Clarets, in their 3-1 loss.

The Bees produced an abject first-half performance and suffered a heavy defeat thanks to fine goals from Scott Arfield, Joey Barton and George Boyd.

Brentford produced a better second half performance with Alan Judge scoring a consolation effort but the story of the evening was what was going on with the central defender.

Sean Dyche was grilled over the situation involving Tarkowski after Dean Smith had his say. His responses are below:

Q: What can you say about the Tarkowski situation?

Sean Dyche: “There's nothing I can say. Everyone else is doing the talking. I believe in the way we go about our business.

"Whatever business we do, whatever club it's with, if you look at my record, I never speak about them. I just try and affect them in the right manner.

Q: Is putting a bid in on the week of the game good business?

SD: “At the end of the day, it's a market we try and use in a sensible manner and a respectful one. If someone chooses to put things in the media, that's up to them, that's not up to me. You can check

Q: Has there been a bid?

SD: “There's been a conversation between our owner and their owner and maybe there will be.”

Q: How'd you feel about a player downing tools?

SD: “I've never had it happen to me. It's part of the job of management is managing every situation. It's part of the world of contracts, players, staying, moving, transfers. We had three go in the summer. They moved. Deals get done.”

Q: But hypothetically?

SD: “I'd think it through, process it with my staff and decide the best course of action.”

Q: You wouldn't have done that, would you?

SD: “Well, I think the era is different. I had an agent once in my career, whereas now every kid from 14, 15, 16 has one so that can change things.

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"You have to reflect on the past and the future has changed in football. We have to be flexible with it. It is what it is. You've got to manage it as best you can.”

Q: Did the situation affect Brentford?

SD: “I don't know. The crowd didn't like it and I can only concentrate on our team. It's not my world. It's up to them.”

Q: Andre signed before Brentford game?

SD: “Burnley reporter has a fire back there. Boom.”

Q: You wouldn't like it?

SD: “I can do my club's business as we see fit. I can't decide on others, other than ourselves. We try and be very respectful and do things privately.”

Q: Where did it come from?

SD: “I have no clue. I know I and my club do things just as straightforward as we can. At Watford, we did it like that.”