Football Daily | Dan Burn dances off with PSG sunk and an opponent in his pocket

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Ousmane Dembélé must have posters of Dan Burn on his wall, such was the way in which PSG’s World Cup-winning Frenchman appeared completely overawed by the sense of Big Cup occasion at St James’ Park, burrowing so deep into the towering defender’s pockets that only his final acute accent was visible as the final whistle blew on Newcastle’s mighty 4-1 win. Released by the Magpies at 13, pushing supermarket trollies around Asda car parks when he was 16, Burn’s rise has been one hell of a ride; from Blyth Spartans, via Darlington, Yeovil, Birmingham City to Fulham (where he was again released at the age of 25) before yet another renaissance at Wigan, Brighton and finally back at Newcastle.

If the Premier League granted Jürgen Klopp’s request to replay their game against Spurs (yesterday’s Quote of the Day), would he then start complaining about his team being asked to play an extra game, putting additional demands on his players in comparison with those of other teams? Is he going to demand that everyone else has to replay their fixture from the weekend too, to balance that up? It might work, a roundabout way to the 39th game” – David Wall.

Re: the possibility of ‘cuing in Del Amitri again’ for the 2028 Euros (yesterday’s Football Daily). Surely revisiting the song Don’t Come Home Too Soon for a tournament in which you’re one of the home teams would be a mistake too big even for the Scottish FA? Actually … never mind” – Phil Smith.

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