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Unmistakable for his physique, charismatic and with a certain arrogant touch with the whistle, there is no other like him in the Premier League because, after 22 seasons in the top flight of English football, Mike Dean He is the one that has directed the most games, the one that has expelled the most players and, according to the press in that country, also the one that earns the most money monthly. A figure that goes out of the pattern and the usual concept that the fan can have of a referee because he has been seen in the stadium of the Tranmere Rovers, of which he is a staunch fan, celebrating his team’s goals in a euphoric and unleashed manner. A peculiar character who rushes his days
in the refereeing world since, next year, there will be no more coin tosses, races on the grass, yellow cards or controversies. The countdown to the withdrawal of the referee with ‘hooligan spirit’ has begun.
Since making his debut in September 2000 in Leicester’s victory against Southampton (1-0), Mike Dean He has directed more than half a thousand games (553), a figure unattainable until now for another Premier referee. More than two decades of career in which 553 red and 2,040 yellow They have made him the most card holder in the English league. But this good-natured-looking fifty-year-old (53 years old) has decided to change justice on the grass for the review of images in the VAR room next season, according to reports from the country’s media.
It will put an end to his days as a referee, but what will not change in him will be the passion for the Tranmere Rovers, the team to which he is attached by his roots. Dean was born in the Wirral district, situated in the merseyside county and to which the town of Birkenhead belongs, the home of this modest club founded in 1884 and which currently plays in League Two, the fourth category of English football. A group that in 2019 was seen cheering vehemently in the stands of the estadio del Forest Green during the round of the semifinals for promotion. Some unusual images in a referee of the highest category and that caused many comments in his country because in them he appeared, as if it were one more ‘hooligan’, cheering wildly.
These days referee Mike Dean is in the news because he will retire at the end of the season. Another iconic video of the referee is this one celebrated like a crazy fan a triumph of his beloved Tranmere in a semifinal for promotion????????????
????️@SkySportsPLpic.twitter.com/6QTzrRwaz8– Manu Heredia (@ManuHeredia21) March 27, 2022
International between 2003 and 2013, with experience in two European Championships, Mike Dean He gained potagonism last year when he reported to the Police the threats of all kinds received by him and his family after a game. A referee to whom the excessive gestures with which he directs the meetings has taken its toll, fueling the controversy around his figure. It happened, for example, when he seemed to celebrate a Tottenham goal against Aston Villa on the pitch or years before when he had a similar reaction after another goal from the London team in the always hot derby against Arsenal. Mike Dean, a peculiar referee who rushes his last days with the whistle.
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