Owen Coyle insists he wasn't tempted to quit Burnley when Celtic came calling at the end of last season.

Coyle admitted the speculation was an unwanted distraction.

He said: "It did not help and maybe took a little bit of edge of things after our Wembley victory.

"We thoroughly enjoyed what we did. We knew how hard we worked to achieve our success.

"I was thinking about remaining in the Premier League and taking the club on, that was all. What we have to do now is move on and make sure we are ready for an exciting challenge."

Coyle revealed he had been negotiating with the board since the start of the year about a new deal, which was signed yesterday.

"This has been going on for the best part of six months," he said. "We just had to ease off a bit because of our schedule at the end of the season.

"It was always going to come to fruition, it was always going to happen. We had agreed in principle what we were doing and I am glad it has been settled and we can now move on."