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Why Harris' culture-first rebuild might be our biggest signing of the summer

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Aug 13, 2025
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“What we’ve done is completely change the environment here.”

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“It was really sloppy and loose when I walked in the building last year, too relaxed and laid back. I didn’t like it. I hated working in the environment. I love the feel to the place as in the setting but I didn’t recognise the football club that I’ve left 15 months earlier.”

Neil Harris didn’t hold back when he spoke to the BBC two days before the new season got underway with victory over Cheltenham. We knew change was coming, he’d made it abundantly clear towards the end of the last campaign, but it’s apparent that he demands the differences to be far greater than just the players he has at his disposal.

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