Mike Dean believes claims that he didn’t send Anthony Taylor to the VAR screen because he is a ‘mate’ is ‘an absolute farce’. The former referee has come under fire fr…
"But when you get a game at the weekend, there's four of you in the middle, there's a VAR and the AVAR, that's them six people, they're your mates for the day. "You might play in a professional team there might be 11 players, you might not like three or four of them but at three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon they're your mates and you want your mates to do well.
"So the 'mate' thing has been like blown all out of proportion to be fair but I want to support the referee as much as I can and that's what you do as a VAR. "Yes it was wrong, I should have sent him to the screen but to say I didn't send him over because he's a 'mate' is an absolute farce and it's just been all been blown out of proportion to be honest with you, just pretty much trying to make a story." "Both managers had been cautioned, he cautioned about eight or nine players and I'm trying to protect the referee," he said when asked a similar question."Not because he's my 'mate' because I'm trying to protect the referee. It was wrong and I paid the price, I didn't have a game for three weeks after that so I did pay the price. The buck stops at me and it was a bad mistake by myself." Dean was then questioned on upholding the integrity of officiating regardless of his relationship with Taylor: "100 per cent. "Other wording I'd use is probably not the right words, if I said colleague it's a bit different, because I've used the word friend it's, 'Oh he's your best mate'. "He's not my best mate, we're just mates on the day because when you go out as a team of six, you want to look after your mate in the middle, that's what you do. "The line is doing exactly the same, the fourth man does the same, the referee will look after the line, it's exactly the same. Buck stops with me, should have sent him, simple as that."Keep up-to-date with all the latest football fixtures, results and standings in our new match centre.
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