Michael Dawson on the promoted teams | Burnley
Thu 01 June 2023, 14:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
After the joy and heartbreak of the final week of the season, we now know who we will face in the Premier League next season - familiar foes in Burnley and Sheffield United alongside a newcomer in terms of the Premier League in Luton Town, who were relegated from the old First Division in 1991/92, the season before English football’s top flight changed structure and the Premier League was born.
Legendary former captain and Club Ambassador Michael Dawson knows the Championship well - he started (2002) and ended (2020) his career in the division with Nottingham Forest and in-between his nine years at Spurs (2005-2014) and returning to Forest, he helped Hull City win the Championship play-off final at Wembley in 2016.
Burnley’s 2022/23
Burnley were relegated from the Premier League at the end of 2021/22, appointed City legend Vincent Kompany as manager in the summer and took the Championship by storm, clinching promotion with seven games remaining and then the title, amassing 101 points in the process...
Daws on Burnley
“After Burnley were relegated from the Premier League in 2021/22, they lost the likes of Nick Pope, Ben Mee, James Tarkowski, Wout Weghorst, plus players like Phil Bardsley and Aaron Lennon, senior professionals. Then they lost an important player in Ashley Westwood to injury at the start of the season. It looked like they were in trouble, but Vincent Kompany and Burnley’s recruitment has been unbelievable. They turned to Belgium, where Kompany used to be with Anderlecht, and picked up good, young players. Taylor Harwood-Bellis came from City on loan, I played with Arijanet Muric at Forest, so he knew the Championship and the way Kompany had them playing, full credit to him. In the end, they ran away with the Championship. It will be tough next season to play in that style in the Premier League, however, the three teams promoted last season - Forest, Bournemouth, Fulham - all stayed up. Burnley have proved a lot of people wrong and they will look to build on that with Kompany next season.”
Player(s) to watch: “I’ll go with two - Anass Zaroury and Manuel Benson - both wingers, they impressed last season, and those wide players are so important for the way Burnley play, and they both scored big goals in the Championship.”
