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Why Dan Burn only has nine fingers with Newcastle star missing digit due to gruesome childhood accident
Dan Burn has become a modern-day Newcastle United legend since his arrival at the football club. The centre-back will go down in the Toon’s history after scoring a goal at Wembley in a 2-1 win over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final to end a 70-year wait for domestic silverware. He made his Premier League debut in 2014 but fans have just noticed Burn is missing a fingerGetty The 6ft 7 colossus is a mountain of a man and fans have noticed he has a finger missing. Burn has gone from strength to strength since he sealed a £13million move from Brighton back to his boyhood club in the 2022 January transfer window. The 32-year-old quickly installed himself as a rock at the back for Eddie Howe‘s Newcastle and is approaching 150 appearances for the club. He has also been called into the England squad for the first time by Thomas Tuchel. It topped an incredible week for Burn who has played in non-league and is now a cup winner with his hometown club as well as potentially being an England international. However, every time Burn appears on television screens the same question continues to surface from fans watching at home. He is closing in on 500 senior career games but surprisingly the story of his finger actually has nothing to do with football. According to reports, the centre-back is without his ring finger on his right hand following an accident he was involved in as a teenager. Back when he was just 13, Burn was wearing a ring while climbing a fence when it caught on a spike, as per The Free Library. The gruesome incident led to his finger being ripped off which must have been a horrific moment for the youngster. But Burn has more than overcome the adversity to make it as a professional and eventually become a fan-favourite at St James’ Park. He also isn’t afraid to make light of his missing digit, as he laughed with teammates about it last summer. As Newcastle travelled to Germany ahead of the current Premier League season, they visited Adidas HQ. Burn has received his first-ever international call-upGetty But not many know he overcame the loss of a finger to build a successful careerGetty While there, Burn, Harvey Barnes and Sean Longstaff tried on goalkeeper gloves which were meant for five fingers, of course. As he pulled them on, all three burst into laughter and Burn wiggled the spare glove finger around in the air. The defender is more than comfortable with his hands and it doesn’t seem to impact his performances. In fact, he’s been playing so well for Newcastle that he was handed a contract extension in October 2024. After originally signing a new deal in 2023, he had an option triggered by the club to keep him until 2026. So we’ve still got a couple more years of Burn being spotted having only three fingers on his right hand!
Dan Burn has become a modern-day Newcastle United legend since his arrival at the football club.
The centre-back will go down in the Toon’s history after scoring a goal at Wembley in a 2-1 win over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final to end a 70-year wait for domestic silverware.
The 6ft 7 colossus is a mountain of a man and fans have noticed he has a finger missing.
Burn has gone from strength to strength since he sealed a £13million move from Brighton back to his boyhood club in the 2022 January transfer window.
The 32-year-old quickly installed himself as a rock at the back for Eddie Howe‘s Newcastle and is approaching 150 appearances for the club.
He has also been called into the England squad for the first time by Thomas Tuchel.
It topped an incredible week for Burn who has played in non-league and is now a cup winner with his hometown club as well as potentially being an England international.
However, every time Burn appears on television screens the same question continues to surface from fans watching at home.
He is closing in on 500 senior career games but surprisingly the story of his finger actually has nothing to do with football.
According to reports, the centre-back is without his ring finger on his right hand following an accident he was involved in as a teenager.
Back when he was just 13, Burn was wearing a ring while climbing a fence when it caught on a spike, as per The Free Library.
The gruesome incident led to his finger being ripped off which must have been a horrific moment for the youngster.
But Burn has more than overcome the adversity to make it as a professional and eventually become a fan-favourite at St James’ Park.
He also isn’t afraid to make light of his missing digit, as he laughed with teammates about it last summer.
As Newcastle travelled to Germany ahead of the current Premier League season, they visited Adidas HQ.
While there, Burn, Harvey Barnes and Sean Longstaff tried on goalkeeper gloves which were meant for five fingers, of course.
As he pulled them on, all three burst into laughter and Burn wiggled the spare glove finger around in the air.
The defender is more than comfortable with his hands and it doesn’t seem to impact his performances.
In fact, he’s been playing so well for Newcastle that he was handed a contract extension in October 2024.
After originally signing a new deal in 2023, he had an option triggered by the club to keep him until 2026.
So we’ve still got a couple more years of Burn being spotted having only three fingers on his right hand!
