Burn reveals text message to gutted Norway star after 'disrespectful' viral moment

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Dan Burn has revealed he texted Leo Ostigard after leaving the

Norway

defender in a heap in Miami.

Burn overpowered his former

Brighton

team-mate in a late aerial duel before stepping over the 26-year-old and revving up the fans. Once the adrenaline subsided, the humble

Newcastle

centre-back started to feel bad.

He explained: "I was in a bit of my own

world

, to be honest. I’ve seen the video back and I used to play with Leo, the guy who I end up clattering with the header.

"I didn't really know what I'd done in the moment. I watched back and I thought, ‘Oh, it's not great,’ so I texted Leo after and just said, ‘Mate, I didn't mean to be disrespectful. I was just like fired up,’ and he was like, ‘Yeah, I get that, it’s no problem.’

"When that ball's in the air, my like my eyes lit up a little bit and I just wanted to go for it and do my part for the team."

Newcastle's Toon Army love to chant about opponents "never, ever" being able to "beat Dan Burn" to the sound of Ultrabeat hit Pretty Green Eyes. He does not have an England song just yet but he has gone viral and is rapidly approaching 500k

Instagram

followers.

Burn replied when quizzed on whether he's aware of his online cult hero status: "No, not really. I'm not massive on [using] social media, so I don't see loads of it, but I've had lots of people sending us different videos.

"For me, it's just trying to help the lads out as much as possible, and trying to make an impact on the pitch."

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And he will hope to have another massive impact against

Argentina

, the opponents when he can first remember falling in love with football.

The towering 34-year-old defender was perched at a Florida bar watching national icon

David Beckham

blast home the all-important winner from the penalty spot in Sapporo 28 years ago.

Now, in what stretches far beyond a full circle moment, Beckham is simply in awe of Burn's heroic contributions at this World Cup - just like the rest of the country.

The latter said when reflecting on England's 2002 scalp over their semi-final opponents: "I was 10. I know exactly where I was, I was in a bar called the Cricketers Arms in Orlando because we were on holiday, and it must have been on quite late because I think it was just me and my dad.

"So my dad used to take us to the pub and I remember when the penalty went in, just like the roar from inside. I think that was the sort of time when I fell in love with football.

"I've said it before, like him scoring that free-kick against

Greece

was the first time I was like, ‘football's class’.

"I rarely get star struck now, I feel like when I meet people, I'm normally pretty cool but this time, I was like, ‘f*** me, that’s David Beckham!'"

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