Burn-ing up England’s defensive game-plan
England’s defensive hierarchy has been turned on its head by a 6ft 7in Geordie.By his own admission, Dan Burn has had the most incredible eight days of his 16-year professional footballing life. Called up by England for the first time at the age of 32, two days later he then scored at Wembley and lifted the Carabao Cup for his boyhood club Newcastle to end their 70-year domestic trophy drought, before being handed an England debut against Albania on Friday. He managed two outstanding Wembley performances in the space of a week. But it was the second of those, in Thomas Tuchel's first game in charge of the national team, which has uprooted our thinking about England's defensive branch. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Paul Merson and the Soccer Saturday team give their verdict on […]