TOBY REED-MCGILL TAKES A LOOK AT DAN BURN’S IMPACT AT NEWCASTLE UNITED FOLLOWING HIS BIG-MONEY MOVE...

THERE were more than a few raised eyebrows when Newcastle splashed out £13m to sign Dan Burn at the end of January.Most observers felt the Magpies were paying well over the odds for the Brighton centre-back, who turned 30 in May. In truth, the cash-rich North-East outfit were paying a premium to sign the 6ft 7ins defender. They desperately needed Burn to help shore up their leaky defence and the Blyth-born boyhood Newcastle supporter, released by the club aged 11, wa...