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Premier League star who lost finger in gruesome accident awkwardly wears glove leaving team-mates in stitches
See why Toon chiefs needed clear-the-air talks with their boss
DAN BURN had his Newcastle United team-mates in hysterics with his goalkeeper glove antics on tour.
The defender, 32, sealed his dream switch to his boyhood team in January 2022 from Brighton for £13million.
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The towering ace was born in the Northumberland town of Blyth and used to have a St. James’ Park season ticket as a boy.
But shocked supporters quickly noticed that the 6ft 7in Burn was missing a finger.
The former Fulham and Brighton ace lost his ring finger following an accident when he was just 13.
Burn was wearing a ring while climbing a fence when it caught on a spike, and gruesomely that led to his finger being ripped off as he jumped down.
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However, the much-loved star overcame that adversity to not only make it as a professional, but to go on and play for the team he loves.
And since his arrival he has become a firm favourite with fans and team-mates alike.
As well as his whole-hearted performances on the pitch, his ability to poke fun at himself has also made him a huge hit.
When Newcastle reached the Carabao Cup final in 2023, Burn performed an incredible dance move in the dressing room by wiggling his arms and legs.
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That crazy dance routine had his colleagues in stitches as the clip soon went viral.
And Burn even recreated the brilliant move alongside Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards on live TV last season.
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This time he had the Newcastle squad in stitches while they were in Germany at the Adidas HQ for a pre-season training camp.
Footage of them checking out some of the new Adidas gear has been shared on social media.
And it hilariously showed Burn trying on a pair of goalkeeper gloves - which obviously were made for five fingers.
He had a huge grin on his face as he finished pulling them on as his colleagues joined in the laughter while flicking the empty finger back and forth.
Meanwhile, Newcastle chiefs have held clear-the-air talks with Eddie Howe after the manager’s comments on Friday.
The Magpies boss is among the favourites for the England job after Gareth Southgate’s resignation.
Newcastle issued a hands-off warning to the FA and revealed Howe penned a multi-year contract extension last summer that includes no set figure release clause.
Magpies CEO Darren Eales also vowed to fight to hang on to the ex-Bournemouth man and insisted that the 46-year-old is the “right man for the project”.
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It has been a huge summer of upheaval and change at St. James’ Park with Howe’s key allies Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi leaving and Dan Ashworth heading to Manchester United.
Paul Mitchell and James Bunce have arrived as sporting and performance director respectively.
Despite Eales’ backing, Howe, who has not worked with either of the above before, admitted that “boundaries of relationships and how they're going to work are slightly unclear”.
As well as raising those concerns over the change in management structure, he also raised questions regarding his own future should those issues not be resolved.
Howe had said on Friday: “There’s absolutely no point in me saying I’m happy staying at Newcastle if the dynamic isn’t right. I’m certainly not serving Newcastle well if I do that.”
Toon chiefs had no idea that their manager would vent his frustrations and concerns publicly.
But they have moved fast to reassure Howe that he still holds significant power and will not be reduced to a "first-team coach” at St. James’ Park.
Eales led the meetings and allegedly reassured Howe that he would have a big say in recruitment.
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And he was also promised that he would be involved in all major decisions regarding what direction the club is working towards and that nothing will be imposed on him.
Sun Sport understands that Howe left the discussions happy with the promises made to him and with the outline of how the new management structure will work.
And that has left Eales and Newcastle confident that their manager would snub any potential interest from the FA over the England job.
Meanwhile, it’s been a busy summer in the transfer market already for Toon.
They completed the signing of 19-year-old Serbian defender Miodrag Pivas last week.
He became their fifth new addition after the arrivals of Lloyd Kelly, Odysseas Vlachodimos, John Ruddy and the permanent signing of Lewis Hall from Chelsea after last season’s loan.
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After returning from Germany, Newcastle are now preparing to travel to Hull City on Saturday for their first public pre-season friendly.
Toon will then head straight to Japan on tour after that and will face Urawa Reds and Yokohama FM before they then take on Girona and Brest in their final friendlies.
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