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HECKY’S RIGHT TO FLAT BAT CLAIMS

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Simon Grayson
23 February 2025

Simon Grayson
FORMER BLACKPOOL, LEEDS AND PRESTON MANAGER

NEUTRAL: Heckingbottom

YOU have to feel for Preston manager Paul Heckingbottom, whose striker Milutin Osmajić has been accused of using racist language towards Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri.
This is the same player who earlier this season served an eight-match ban for biting Blackburn’s Owen Beck, so it will be interesting to see where this goes.
For the record, he disputes Mejbri’s claims.
It’s hard enough coaching a team to get results every few days without having to deal with stuff like th...

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