Paul Heckingbottom on Duane Holmes exit: "I'll miss him."

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00:00Dwayne was a big character, wasn't he? And something a bit different in your field, because he left Boyd, didn't he, Philly?

00:06Yeah, he'll be missed. I'll miss him. He's been good as gold.

00:10Yeah, I don't want to say too much, obviously, about Dwayne before.

00:14Yeah, he's too good of an opportunity that him and his family wanted to take.

00:18When I spoke to him a few weeks ago, he was all about staying, desperate to stay, you know, family.

00:25But at the same time, saying that it was something he'd always wanted to do in America.

00:30But when the folks of his family shifted, in terms of they all wanting to go and take up that opportunity,

00:36then, yeah, we weren't going to stand in his way.

00:39And like I said, he'll be missed. We'll miss him between now and the end of the season.

00:45But they were happy to take him now, wanted him to do his rehab there, recover from his injury,

00:50gives his family a better time to settle. So, yeah, we wish him well.

00:54It was a big thing, your moves within his speed on the ball.

00:57A little turn of pace, yeah. He was off the cuff. He was different, I thought.

01:01And he'll not thank me for this, but he was what a great sub he was for us.

01:06Generally, winning, we'd bring him on because we'd use his pace on the counter to create more chances.

01:11Losing, we'd bring him on for, like I said, unpredictability in the top end.

01:16And probably his versatility as well. He played well.

01:20When we were really short at wing-back, he filled in at wing-back for a few games as well.

01:23So, yeah, he's going to be missed. Personally, he'll be missed around the place.

01:27And we'll miss him from a football sense as well.