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‘I’VE GOT BURNING DESIRE TO GET BACK TO PREM’

BIG INTERVIEW: JOE ALLEN

By John Wragg

HERE WE GO: Joe Allen scores Stoke’s winner against former club Swansea in midweek and, inset, celebrates with his team-mates
PICTURE: PA Images

JOE Allen doesn’t do Twitter but he was aware of what the Welsh public and one of the world’s best players, Gareth Bale, were saying about him.
It’s one of the things Allen thinks about as he battles through a Championship season to try and get relegated Stoke City back in the Premier League.
Ashley Williams, now Allen’s team-mate at Stoke, started it off when he revea...

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