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West Brom boss Irvine expects Burnley to try again for Dawson

West Bromwich Albion boss Alan Irvine remains hopeful of keeping hold of Craig Dawson.

Burnley's latest bid of £1.5m for the England under-21 defender has been knocked back by the Baggies, who want an extra £1m.

Dawson has handed in a transfer request this summer.

Irvine said: "I think he will stay with us. He's going with us to the States and it'll take a very good bid for anyone to make the club accept it. He is an important player for us.

"If we were to lose Craig we would need to replace him because we would need another up-and-coming centre-half who has played in the Premier League and I'm not sure where you find those."

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