By Nick Raynor
May 16 2006

Newly appointed Newcastle United manager Glenn Roeder has admitted it is futile to look for a new Alan Shearer.

The 50-year-old tells that Shearer is one of a kind and trying to find a striker to replace him is impossibility.

 

Shearer has been appointed as Sporting Ambassador at Newcastle, which means he will represent Newcastle United round the world.

 

Roeder said:

 

"You don't replace Alan Shearer in terms of finding another Alan Shearer.

 

"Alex Ferguson just recently said he's been looking for an Alan Shearer for the last 10 years since he turned him down.

 

"All he gets is, his scouts come back and say, 'The only strikers we can find are strikers who tend to play in the hole', strikers who don't play like Alan, right up on the edge and play a physical game against defenders.

 

"It would be a waste of time looking for another Alan Shearer - but there are goalscorers out there, there are strikers who score goals, and we will need to find a striker to play with Michael (Owen).

 

"I have great faith in Shola Ameobi as well, who did particularly well for me, but there's no doubt about it, I need to find a striker who will be different from Alan, but will score the amount of goals we need him to score to be at the right end of the table."