Key member of Vincent Kompany’s Burnley coaching staff makes Premier League vow
The Clarets make their top flight return on Friday, August 11 when they host reigning champions Manchester City at Turf Moor.
It comes after Vincent Kompany’s men took the Championship by storm last season, amassing 101 points and losing just three games.
While the step-up to the Premier League is a big one, Jackson – who previously took interim charge of the club following Sean Dyche’s departure – knows the Clarets have “earned the right” to be back among the elite.
“Do I think we’ll surprise City (on the opening day)? I don’t know. You’re talking about probably the best club in the world at this moment in time,” he told Sky Sports.
“It’s a privilege to be in this league but you can’t see it as just making up the numbers, you’ve earned the right to be there.
“We’ve got to improve, get better and develop while we’re in it. There will be days where it will be up and down but the Premier League is like that.”
The former Shrewsbury Town and Tranmere Rovers boss added: “We’ve worked so hard to get to this stage.
“Now you’ve got to have that excitement and see it as an opportunity. You know we’re going up a level to a different standard, everybody knows that, but it’s about what you’ve done really well, developing that and knowing you’re going to have days where it won’t go for you.
“But what do you do then? That’s what we’re trying to prepare for.”
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Premier League and Championship interest emerges in Paddy McNair
Versatile Middlesbrough man Paddy McNair is wanted by both Premier League and Championship clubs as the Teessiders look to cash in
Last summer, Middlesbrough had to cash in on some assets in order to be able to splash the cash in the transfer market, and the same might have to happen in 2023 as well.
The Teessiders have been active in the summer window already with no fewer than six additions to their ranks – mostly players with promise and potential as opposed to players who are expected to hit the ground running straight away – perhaps with the exception of QPR goalkeeper Seny Dieng.
Boro sold Marcus Tavernier and Djed Spence for significant fees last summer but you get the sense that Michael Carrick will not want to lose any of his big-name individuals, which include his talisman Chuba Akpom.
There is still strengthening that needs to take place and perhaps that could be funded by one sale though, with the future of Paddy McNair very much up in the air.
Premier League and Championship interest emerges in Paddy McNair
Boro sold Marcus Tavernier and Djed Spence for significant fees last summer but you get the sense that Michael Carrick will not want to lose any of his big-name individuals, which include his talisman Chuba Akpom.
There is still strengthening that needs to take place and perhaps that could be funded by one sale though, with the future of c very much up in the air.
The other two promoted clubs from the Championship last season – Burnley and Sheffield United, are both believed to be keen on McNair according to a report from TEAMtalk, and they are joined as suitors by Fulham and Bournemouth too.
It has also been claimed that Championship outfits are looking at McNair too, with both Leicester City and Leeds United said to be keeping tabs on the former Manchester United player this summer.
McNair has been at Boro for five years now having joined in 2018 from Sunderland in a deal that could have reached past the £5 million mark, and apart from his first season at the club he has been pretty much a regular in the first-team.burn
That was until the 2022-23 season, where after starting the campaign in the starting 11 under Chris WildeBen is a writer who specialises in football who has worked at Football League World since December 2020 as a freelancer and also a full-time member of the team, producing content and also editing and publishing for other people.r, McNair was dropped by new manager Carrick in October following his appointment and he had to wait until January to get a chance in the first-team at centre-back.
McNair then remained in Carrick’s plans for the most part, partnering cz at the back for Boro whilst Dael Fry had to take a watching berth from the substitutes bench – over the course of the season the Northern Irishman played 34 times in all competitions, scoring one goal in a 3-0 win overcz
Now though, with less than 12 months to go on his contract at the club, McNair may now move on with Boro having enough bodies right now at the back to cope with his potential departure.
And he may get one more crack to prove himself in the Premier League after appearing in the top flight 33 times earlier in his career for both Man United and Sunderland – it just depends if any club offers the kind of fee that Boro want for his services.
