Dan Burn has revealed that he personally spoke to both Eddie Howe and assistant Graeme Jones to make his dream move to Newcastle United happen.
It was no secret that Newcastle's priority back in January was to bring in a centre-back, but the Magpies failed with moves for Diego Carlos, who was at Sevilla at the time, and Sven Botman, who ended up joining the club a few months later from Lille. However, Newcastle ended up finding an inspired alternative in Burn.
Burn had always hoped he would get the opportunity to represent his boyhood club again after being released by Newcastle aged 11, but the Geordie thought it would never happen after the takeover was completed. Newcastle, though, had other ideas and reached out to Burn's agent while the defender was on a mid-season break with his family in Dubai.
