Sir Bobby: I would have backed Shearer


By Matthew Jones
March 18 2003

Newcastle United boss Sir Bobby Robson claims that he is pleased that Shearer is sticking with his club side, but revealed how he would have backed him 100% if the Magpies' captian did come out of international retirement. Following the recent speculation that Alan Shearer would come out of England retirement, Sir Bobby has revealed that he is pleased that Alan decided to stick with Newcastle.

Robson did admit that if Shearer had decided to go back to England, he would not have tried to stop him, but The Magpies' boss, Sir Bobby said:

"As manager of Newcastle, I did hope he would stick to his original decision. He thought it was the right one at the time."

"The difficult part for coach Sven Goran Eriksson is in convincing Alan to change his decision.

"We have profited from his decision to retire. He has been nothing short of magnificent for us."

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