In a brutally honest admission, Mike Dean revealed there were TWO players he was scared of refereeing 😫 Now it feels like he doesn't care what anyone thinks of him - but there was a time when that couldn't have been further from the truth... 👀
"For me to come from the Football League to the Premier League and refereeing those players... from reffing League 1 and League 2 and the odd Championship game to the Premier League..."[I was] probably a bit nervous and a bit scared of making a decision."Dean added: "I think the players I've refereed over the years, some don't like me and some do like me.
"But when I've given players a bit of stick back, or given them a one-liner back, and they don't like it, then I will apologise five minutes later and say 'sorry for what I said before', and we move on and we shake hands. "But I think players like the way I ref, because they know they can give me some stuff and I can give it them back, and they can get away with it within the boundaries that are allowed."
Dean managed to overcome his fears of refereeing the likes of Keane and Vieira to carve out an impressive career as an on-field match official.
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