Sean Dyche admitted he is confused as to how his Burnley successor, Vincent Kompany, landed his role as Bayern Munich boss despite being relegated with the Clarets.
Kompany led Burnley to a 19th-place finish in the Premier League last season - eight points from safety - but was offered a step up to the Champions League side just days after.
Since his arrival in Bavaria, Kompany has rejuvenated Bayern, whose 11-year streak as champions was halted by Bayer Leverkusen last term. The German giants top the Bundesliga table by six points, and made it into the Champions League quarter-finals after bouncing out Leverkusen in the last-16.
Dyche, who totalled a net spend of just £25million during his time at Burnley, led them to finish on 35 points when they were relegated in 2022.
Meanwhile, Kompany spent £127m on transfers in his two years with Burnley, but managed just 24 points in his final season in England.
Yet, the Belgian coach still landed his huge move to the Bundesliga that same summer, much to Dyche's surprise.
The latter explained how Burnley found themselves in a pit of debt and admitted he 'does not know' how Kompany was able to land his big-money move to Bayern.
Dyche told TalkSPORT: 'So what the club were brilliant at, they dealt with that promotion [up to the Premier League in 2014] in the right way.
'And the reason was, and I was involved in this, but I said to them they were still paying players off from two years, three years previous when they got in the Premier League. And I went, "You can't go through that again".
'I said, there's got to be more to it. Now you've got to do something that means something. So they agreed, built the training ground, took a knock, went down that first season. I spent about nine million quid on the team, which is farcical, really.
'But put the money into the club and the future of the club. And they did stand by me. So we did go down that season on 35 points. People forget that.
'We've gone to big Komps [Kompany], haven't we? 24 [points], I think they got. It's been £127million and he got the Bayern job.
'Come on, I don't know how that works. I wish I was doing it. I wish I'd have left the club £127million in debt and then got the Bayern job. Anyways, there's an interesting twist of life.'
Eight months after leaving Burnley, Dyche joined Everton in January 2023, taking over from Frank Lampard.
The Toffees avoided the drop that season, but only improved to a 15th-place finish in 2023-24.
And, in January this year, Dyche was eventually sacked by Everton, having won just three of their last 18 Premier League games under the Englishman and sitting only one point clear of the relegation zone.