CLARETS LIKE LOOK OF COOK
WIGAN boss Paul Cook would be a contender for the Burnley job if Sean Dyche leaves this summer.
With the Latics going into administration last week – and a 12-point deduction sending them into crisis – the vultures are circling.
And manager Cook, who has led them to the League One title and to the FA Cup quarter-finals since taking over in 2017, is viewed as a potential successor for Dyche.
The Clarets manager is thought to be unhappy with his transfer kitty for the next transfer window and the club’s failure to extend a number of contracts for the final month of the season.
There is growing talk he could walk out at the end of the season.
That will create a vacancy for former Turf Moor favourite Cook, 53, who played for the Clarets between 1999 and 2003.
Joe Gelhardt, David Marshall, Cedric Kipre and Sam Morsy could also be on their way out of Wigan before long.
PEP GUARDIOLA has told his Manchester City squad that if they can beat Liverpool they can become kings of Europe next month.
Despite being four-time Premier League winners, City have underachieved in the Champions League and have an uneasy relationship with UEFA after falling foul of Financial Fair Play rules.
The club are awaiting the outcome of an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after being accused of flouting FFP rules again – with UEFA calling for a two-year ban from Europe’s top club competition.
But Etihad boss Guardiola believes City can put all their troubles behind them – by winning the Champions League next month.
City lead Real Madrid 2-1 after their last-16 first-leg win in the Spanish capital before lockdown and are in electrifying form after destroying new champions Liverpool 4-0.
And their Spanish gaffer is confident they can win the Champions League – even though the rest of the games are likely to be played in neutral venues in Portugal.
He said: “Every game is different to the others but I cannot deny that beating Liverpool, the way we did it,