PFA Official Announcement – Dan Burn taking bespoke UEFA B Licence course | OneFootball

Dan Burn is a busy man.

Helping to guide Newcastle United into a position with ten Premier League games to go, where NUFC are two points off fourth with a game in hand. Worth bearing in mind that Champions League qualification looks set to be for sure top five this season.

Then Sunday saw United and Dan Burn top off a remarkable League Cup run, defeating PL champions-elect in the final at Wembley.

Dan Burn now training with England after his first ever call up, ahead of the March World Cup qualifiers.

Surely more than enough for the 32 year old to be getting on with…

Apparently not.

The PFA have now revealed on Wednesday, that Dan Burn has also kicked off his ‘coaching journey’.

‘It’s been an incredible week for Dan Burn and we love to see it.

The Newcastle and England defender has recently started his coaching journey with the PFA on a bespoke UEFA B Licence course.’

Earlier today we covered the Dan Burn England Press Conference (Read/Watch below).

Funnily enough, when I was watching that press conference, I had the thought that Dan Burn comes over as somebody who could make a great manager and/or coach in the future.

Interesting to see what he does do in the future BUT plenty for Dan Burn to achieve in the remainder of his playing career, with Newcastle United AND England.

Here are some of the opening questions and answers from Dan Burn, well worth watching the full England press conference though. He speaks so well regarding England and Newcastle United.

“Huge congratulations first and foremost.

“But look, you have had 32 years on this planet and these recent days [must] have been the most extraordinary and the most emotional?”

Dan Burn:

“Yes, I have definitely had worse weeks I would say.

“It started off with the manager [Thomas Tuchel] FaceTiming me on Tuesday, saying that they were debating calling me up and he’d let me know by Thursday.

“And then it got to sort of six o’clock Thursday night and I’d not heard anything, so I said to my wife ‘I don’t think…nothing’s going to happen’ then I got a text saying ‘Are you still awake?’ at 10[pm].

“I was like ‘yes’ straightaway, facetimed and told me the good news.

“I did struggle to sleep, Thursday.”

Journalist:

“What did he [Thomas Tuchel] say to you?”

Dan Burn:

“He just said…well first of all he said I was very unprofessional for not being in bed for 10 o’clock! So I apologised for that.

“Then he just said he had been ringing everyone who hadn’t made the squad, so again, I didn’t think I was making it.

“And then he just said he needed to end the day on a good note, that he wanted me to be in the squad, just [saying] what he thought my strengths were.

“I explained when I spoke to him [on Tuesday], I said exactly the same to Eddie Howe when I signed for Newcastle, I said that I could offer just as much off the pitch as I do on it.

“I feel like I am a leader, on and off the pitch, I feel that I just sit into that role. I know it is going to be tough here, coming into all these international players, an I’ve never done that before.

“But that is how I feel I can best help the team and that is what I want to do.”

Journalist:

“Eddie Howe made it clear to us that he had given all of the Newcastle players pretty free rein on Sunday night – you’re not professional footballers tonight, but you had rather an important date the next morning here [with England]. How did all that play out?”

Dan Burn:

“Yes, it was strange.

“As soon as we left the stadium [Wembley], my focus was just completely switched to this [England]. I had my family and my kids, so we ended up getting on the bus back to the hotel about 12 o’clock and it was getting a bit rowdy, I was just ready to go to sleep.

“So, there will be time to celebrate [in the future]…

“I had waited a long time for this opportunity and I didn’t want to spoil it.”

Journalist:

“Thomas Tuchel has made a lot about your personality, how it is a massive strength of yours and he wants you to bring that into the England camp. So alongside your personality, what has he said that he wants you to bring to this group?”

Dan Burn:

“Listen, he spoke about me as a player as well.

“I have been playing well for a long time

“I’m not just coming in to sort of be a cheerleader and help the boys out.

“I want to play.

“I feel like I have got the ability to play at international level and I have said it for a long time.

“You need to be given those opportunities and in the past I haven’t been able to get that chance.

“Now I really just want to make the most of it, try to get on the pitch as much as possible.”

Go to 11.53 on the video below to watch Dan Burn giving his England press conference on Tuesday: