Burnley manager Sean Dyche says Neil Harris should be considered for the Manager of the Year award.

Harris has guided the Lions into the top six - and they are potentially just seven games away from the Premier League.

It is an incredible achievement for a side who were tipped to make a swift return to League One last summer.

Former Lions player Dyche said: "He [Harris] is a friend, but I wouldn't vote for him just for that reason. I’m professional enough to not do that.

"I just look at clubs like Millwall - I know a little bit about the structure of the club, its wage structure and how they are bringing players through - and they have kind of come out of the pack.

"They were safe a number of games ago but their desire to carry on, and that of the manager to keep the team performing, I think they are all great signs.

"I think what [Cardiff manager] Neil Warnock said earlier this week about this was fantastic.

"I think he [Warnock] has been voted for as the manager of that division, but Neil Warnock said: 'Hang on a minute, if Neil Harris goes and gets this done or makes the play-offs, for me it would be him.'

"Behind some of the situations there are a lot of challenges for managers, and Neil Harris has done a fantastic job.

"John Coleman gets a mention too. He has done an amazing job at Accrington.

"I try and look not just at the position of the club, as in whether they are in the Premier League or not, it's more about the work that is being done.

"I don't know every manager out there and I don't know every bit of work being done, but it strikes me that those two people in those two clubs are doing fantastic jobs."