By Tyne-Talk
August 8 2009

Alan Shearer has been welcomed back on the Match of the Day sofa today for Newcastle United's first game of the season against West Brom. Earlier on today Shearer admitted that he hasn't heard from Mike Ashley since the Tuesday immediately after the season ended and he knows no more about the situation of the club than he did then.

He also admitted he would take the job if the situation was right and he was given the opportunity to finish what he started last season, by getting the club back into the Premier League.

Shearer has confirmed "without a doubt" he would want the job if everything was right.

He told Football Focus;

"I could still be the manager of Newcastle if someone comes in and buys the football club and wants me as manager and everything is right and they want to get the club back up to the Premier League then yes I would dearly love the chance to finish off the job I started last season. It was very disappointing last season.

I want it sorted either way because of my love for the football club because at this moment in time it is not a nice time for them. When you consider that Newcastle's squad as thin at the end of last season and it was unbalanced last season when I got in there, when you consider the players that have now gone out, that tells a story. They are thin on the ground and need players in pretty quickly. It could be a long hard season if that doesn't happen.

The club is limbo. At the moment the club is up for sale but they haven't got a buyer. My last conversation with Mike was on the Tuesday after we'd been relegated and he said he was going to put the club up for sale and wasn't going to put any more money into it.

I am obviously aware that there are people out there who are trying to buy the club but at this moment in time no one has.

My plans must have been welcome, mustn't they because I am still here.

I put those plans to him and the players I wanted to keep and the players I thought had to be moved on and players I wanted to bring in whether we were still in the Premier League or if we were relegated. I did that but I am still in limbo. I don't know what's going on I know as much as anyone else."

Shearer: I Could Still Be Manager

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becksa09
08/08/2009 18:36

he has to be manager now, whether is actually the right man or not is a mute point at this time.

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