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Quarterback has talent to make Millers tick

by
The LeaguePaper Team
21 November 2021

DAN BARLASER
PLAYER PROFILE
By Chris Dunlavy

ROTHERHAM MIDFIELDER

STRING-PULLER: Rotherham’s Dan Barlaser and, below, in his Newcastle days
PICTURE: Alamy

WHEN Dan Barlaser was on loan at Accrington Stanley in the 2018-19 season, he was dubbed the Turkish Kevin De Bruyne.
The 24-year-old can certainly deliver a killer ball; Barlaser currently tops the League One charts with five assists for Rotherham United.
Perhaps a more apt comparison, however, would be Turkey’s own Tugay Kerimoglu, the legendary midfielder whose technique and passing range was admired across the continent.
“He was li...

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