Dan Burn is having a phenomenal time of it lately, having been called up for England for the first time at 32 and then scoring a goal for his boyhood club at Wembley, setting them on their way to their first major trophy in 56 years.
However, Burn may have peaked late, but even he knows that this won't last forever and the 6'7" friendly giant is already working on his retirement plan.
It looks like Burn wants to head into coaching and is already making moves to do so by taking his UEFA B coaching licence.
The PFA are helping Burn through it and the Blyth-born defender was recently recorded taking a training session with the Newcastle United U14s.
As well as getting an insight into his coaching methods we also hear from Burn himself about his admiration for the coaching process and whether management is something that's on his mind.
When Burn was asked if he feels his coaching style has been influenced by the managers he's played under he admits that he's taken tips from many.
"I've probably played under too many managers in my time, to be honest, but I feel like with every single one of them I've worked under whether I agreed with what they did or I didn't I feel I've picked something up.
"When I was a bit younger, maybe the managers were a little bit more emotional, whereas now it's a bit more analytical.
"I feel that's more my style of coaching."
Dan Burn doesn't think that the B licence will be the end for him either and says he'll go on to do the A licence which is another step into management.
"I think there's potential to go onto A licence after this which I'll probably do. I think it just knowing that I enjoy it. I think it's something that you have to be very passionate about if you want to do it at the top level.
"I think that's probably the next step for me is probably deciding if I've got the passion to do that or not, we'll have to wait and see."
As the PFA's video title suggests - could we be looking at a future Newcastle United manager? He's certainly got a good role model in Eddie Howe to learn from right now.
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29 | 42 | 70 |
2 |
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29 | 29 | 58 |
3 |
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29 | 14 | 54 |
4 |
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29 | 16 | 49 |
5 |
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29 | 15 | 48 |
6 |
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28 | 9 | 47 |
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29 | 6 | 47 |
8 |
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29 | 5 | 45 |
9 |
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29 | -4 | 45 |
10 |
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29 | 12 | 44 |
11 |
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29 | 5 | 41 |
12 |
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28 | 3 | 39 |
13 |
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29 | -3 | 37 |
14 |
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29 | 12 | 34 |
15 |
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29 | -4 | 34 |
16 |
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29 | -16 | 34 |
17 |
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29 | -18 | 26 |
18 |
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29 | -34 | 17 |
19 |
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29 | -40 | 17 |
20 |
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29 | -49 | 9 |