Premier League season. However, some reports suggest that Dean could move into a full-time role as the VAR referee at Stockley Park.However, Warnock didn't have any retirement well-wishes for the man in the middle.
The former Middlesbrough boss fumed on talkSPORT: "[It's] ten years too late! That's the problem, it's not going to help me, is it?"Warnock continued: "I haven't got time to go through the ones he's given me over the years, but don't forget I'm always with a little club so Mike, like some of the other referees, tends to go with the bigger clubs."Listen, he's as good as anything.
He has great games and I look at him and think that he doesn't have to do what he does."He almost does things in a game to put himself out there when he doesn't have to." What do you think of Warnock's comments?
Let us know in the comments section Warnock was infamous for his clashes for officials - and clips from his time at Sheffield United where he fumes at officials regularly go viral.He continued: "'A good referee was never seen' my dad used to say to me, and he could referee like that, but he always has to do that extra bit for some reason to get himself in the limelight."Overall he's a very good referee.
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