Eddie Howe has saluted the leadership skills of January signing Dan Burn after seeing him slot seamlessly into Newcastle’s Premier League survival mission.
The 29-year-old defender, who was released by his boyhood club at the age of 11, returned in a £13million deadline-day switch from Brighton and has since made four appearances – the latest a 2-1 home win over his former employers on Saturday – and helped the Magpies collect 10 priceless points.
