DAN! DAN! DAN! DAN! DAN! DAN!
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.
