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Burton boss Clough to leave as club cuts costs due to Covid-19

Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough and two members of his backroom staff will step down as part of cost-cutting measures brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the League One (third-tier) club said in a statement on Monday.
Clough, 54, will be replaced by skipper Jake Buxton, who will serve as player-manager, the club added.
Clough returned to Burton Albion for his second spell as manager in 2015 and helped guide them into the Championship (second-tier) for the first time.
He first joined the club in 1998 when they were in the second tier of non-league football and led them to the brink of the Football League before leaving to join Derby County in 2009.
His assistant Gary Crosby and his brother and chief scout Simon Clough will also leave the club in the coming weeks.
"Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic is having a dramatic impact on all football clubs, meaning we have to make difficult financial decisions going forward in order to safeguard the club," Burton chairman Ben Robinson said.