Who will be Burnley FC’s new manager?

The Guardian Rumour Mill blog places “the zesty former Hull intellectual, Phil Brown” as a “shoo-in” for the job. It goes on “with his unique brand of philosophical musings, comedic timing and all-round warmth, Brown is just the man to lead Burnley back into the big time. That, or crack under the pressure, take to draping a salmon-pink jumper around his shoulders, hold pre-match, half-time and full-time team-talks out on the pitch, quite rightly criticise Cesc Fábregas’s fashion sense and stop women from jumping off bridges. Who knows?

“Anyway, Burnley are advised to move fast if they want Brown, because there could well be a vacancy at Liverpool soon.”