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Sam Frost

Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton comments on bookmaker speculation linking him with Burnley

Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton "doesn't want to be anywhere else" amid speculation linking him with the vacant job at Premier League club Burnley.

The 39-year-old has been among the bookmakers' favourites for the top job at Turf Moor and was an odds-on favourite earlier in the week, but the promotion-winning Gas boss has poured cold water on suggestions he could leave the Mem.

The Burnley job has been vacant since the sacking of Sean Dyche, Barton's manager during his season at the club, in April with Mike Jackson in temporary charge as the Clarets fight to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

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