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NFL star Russell Wilson responds to claims he demanded Seattle Seahawks coach be fired

Russell Wilson has emphatically stated that he did not ask for the Seattle Seahawks to fire both head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider.

It comes after a report in The Athletic reported that a league source told them that Wilson had asked for them to be removed from their posts after a frustrating season in Seattle, following talk of Wilson being unsettled for years.

The previous year before this, it has emerged that Wilson was not looking to be moved, but would accept a trade to one of four teams; the Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Las Vegas Raiders and Chicago Bears. But no move materialised as he'd remain in Seattle for a final year before a trade would eventually go through.

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