Sean Dyche breaks silence on training （軍の）野営地，陣営 列／漕ぐ／騒動 with Everton 星／主役にするs after the Toffees boss 目的（とする）d a playful '非難する' at Nathan Patterson during a meal in a Portuguese restaurant

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Sean Dyche has 冷静な／正味のd talk of an altercation with?Nathan Patterson during Everton's 最近の warm 天候 training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in Portugal.

Mail Sport 以前 明らかにする／漏らすd that the Toffees boss had playfully slapped the 22-year-old during a meal?in the Algarve 訴える手段／行楽地 of Quinta do Lago 中途の through March.

Dyche's 意向s were 害のない but the physicality of his 非難する left some players unimpressed with?captain James Tarkowski stepping in after things became heated.

The pair left the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する for a while before returning to finish their meals with the 残り／休憩（する） of the squad. Dyche is understood to have apologised to Patterson.

Dyche has now broken his silence on the 出来事/事件 ahead of the 再開 of the 首相 League に引き続いて the international break and labelled the 対決 as a 'joke'.

Sean Dyche has 冷静な／正味のd talk of an altercation with Nathan Patterson during Everton 's 最近の warm 天候 training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in Portugal.

Dyche?playfully sla pped Nathan Patterson on the 長，率いる during Everton's 最近の training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in Portugal

Speaking ahead of Everton's 週末 trip to Bournemouth, Dyche said: 'The old favourite - never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

'There's nothing in it, really. It was a joke. I tapped him on the 長，率いる like your older brother would, and he didn't get the joke. That was it, 基本的に. There's no more to it.

'But of course, that wouldn't have sold. So, when that does get out everyone has to 追加する 層s and 層s and 層s to it but it's really that simple. That was it.'

Scotland 権利-支援する Patterson was embarrassed by the 初期の 状況／情勢 that saw him struck harder than Dyche ーするつもりであるd and the evening was 大部分は good-natured.

Everton sources 以前 the 出来事/事件 was a clumsy joke that backfired, but it 原因（となる）d a 動かす の中で fellow restaurant diners.

Dyche's 非難する shocked squad members and James Tarkowski took him to one 味方する to 静める the 状況／情勢 earlier in the month

Dyche apologised to Patterson and Everton sources 主張する there was no major 破産した／（警察が）手入れする-up

The 残り／休憩（する） of the overseas training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in the Mediterranean is understood to have been 完全にするd in good spirits as Everton 猛烈に 試みる／企てる to find 改良s to their 現在の league form.

Patterson has made 19 首相 League 外見s for this season but has remained on the （法廷の）裁判 for the last six 最高の，を越す-flight fixtures.

He will be hoping to be 伴う／関わるd against the Cherries on Saturday as Dyche considers his starting 選択s as the Toffees continue to search for a first league 勝利，勝つ this year.

Everton are 現在／一般に four-points （疑いを）晴らす of the 首相 League relegation zone.?