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Chris Dunlavy: Dan Burn has shown you can keep it simple…

Dan Burn’s England call-up is a welcome reminder that you don’t need to play like Franz Beckenbauer to reach the top of the game.

By Chris Dunlavy

INSPIRATION: Dan Burn

Dan Burn’s England call-up is a welcome reminder that you don’t need to play like Franz Beckenbauer to reach the top of the game.
These days, we are taught to believe that centre-backs are practically worthless if they can’t take the ball under pressure.
Or even ping 60-yard balls to feet and outsprint a centre-forward in a footrace from the halfway line.
Yet Newcastle United defender Burn is none of those things.
Modern game
The 32-year-old is a player who does the basics of defending extremely well and very rarely makes a mistake.
That’s it - and it...

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