Teenager's Dyche impression fools Holt

Poor Grant Holt. His club have been relegated to League One, he has not played football for five months because of injury and now the 34-year-old striker has been duped by a schoolboy.

The Wigan striker, who has been out of action since December after injuring his knee, thought he was a wanted man when he received a call from Burnley boss Sean Dyche asking about a proposed move to Turf Moor.

Alas, the voice on the phone was not Dyche but Ben Owen - a teenager with the ability to perform a passable impersonation of the Clarets manager's gravelly tone.

So accurate was sixth-former Owen's impersonation he tricked Holt's representative into giving him his client's number and then managed to persuade the former Norwich frontman that a move to the relegated Premier League side would be a good idea.

Owen receives top marks for duplicity. But the next time Holt picks up the phone? He must do better.