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By Heck! Tykes face fight to keep boss

GROWING REPUTATION: Barnsley manager Paul Heckingbottom
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BARNSLEY fans can breathe a sigh of relief – for now. Sunderland’s pursuit of Paul Heckingbottom is over but it is only a matter of time before the 40- year-old is lured away.
He is simply too talented, too well-respected and – critically – too underpaid to hang around at Oakwell much longer.
With Chris Coleman now in post at the Stadium of Light, we will never know if the Tykes boss was tempted to seize the poisoned chalice.
Sunderland were poised to make a formal offer, only to be dis...

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