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Geordie hero Shearer back as boss of Newcastle 'within days' By ROB DRAPER Last updated at 5:53 PM on 09th August 2009 Alan Shearer could return as Newcastle manager as early as next week — but only if owner Mike Ashley is willing to accept a £70million offer for the club from Geordie businessman Barry Moat. As Newcastle came from behind to draw 1-1 with West Bromwich yesterday on the opening day of the Championship season, Ashley, whose name was repeatedly abused by travelling fans, was flying in from Hawaii to finalise negotiations, with Keith Harris — who is conducting the potential sale — confident the deal can be completed within days. Newcastle dropped Joey Barton to the bench after reports of an altercation with temporary manager Chris Hughton and Moat is keen to get Shearer, who was at The Hawthorns yesterday as a BBC analyst, before the transfer window closes, so the club can buy players better suited to a promotion campaign. Shearer said: ‘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 I would dearly love the chance to finish what I started last season. Other than that, you have to believe me when I say I don’t know anything.’ The decision will depend on Ashley’s attitude when he meets Seymour Pierce chairman Harris this week, who will present him the terms of Moat’s bid for the club. But Ashley wants at least £90m and may yet decided to stay at the club for another year. Shearer added: ‘I am still here, still in limbo. I don’t know any more than anyone else. But I want it sorted either way because of the love of the football club.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...l#ixzz0NiblIbEJ

We've all been pondering that one dude.

Thats just big busty babes volumes A - C "hello Mr Kettle, you're looking rather black today..." to be fair, that's just the contents list being delivered

he did very well at Leeds but he inherited a very good squad of players from George Graham, and added to that squad by spending outrageous sums on players, his time at Villa is less than impressive and has tainted his reputation, I find him very irritating, he's one from the Megson/Bruce school of whispering arrogance, he might turn out to be a very good manager, but I wish another club would take that risk instead of us.

has Owen snapped like an autumn twig yet ?

I'll cheer on anyone who's playing Hull tbh.

I'm seriously starting to think his agenda is to upset the fans as much as humanly possible.

BARRY DEAL SO REMOAT Toon tycoon wants a box, not the club Alan Oliver Newcastle United have been left floundering in deeper water after tycoon Barry Moat's bid for the club proved to be a non-starter. Leading Tyneside businessman Moat was seen at St James' Park on a couple of occasions during the week - but we can reveal it was only to sort out his hospitality box. The Toon Army, who are desperate to see owner Mike Ashley find a buyer, had their hopes raised when we reported last Sunday that a Tyneside consortium was interested in taking over. They were trying to find 20 businessmen prepared to cough up £5million each to meet the £100m asking price. Those hopes were raised higher when Moat, who was chairman of the Alan Shearer testimonial committee and is a big pal and fan of the Geordie legend, was spotted at the ground this week. A Newcastle source said last night: "Yes, Barry Moat has been to the ground this week on a couple of occasions and he has spoken to our managing director Derek Llambias and other people. "Everyone has been getting excited about this and have put two and two together and come up with five as all Barry was doing was tying up the details of his own private hospitality box. Anguish "Certainly as far as Newcastle United are concerned they do not consider Barry Moat to be a serious bidder." Former chairman Sir John Hall wants to bring a South African diamond billionaire to the table but, yet again, much to the anguish of the fans, things are proving slow to materialise. Now Ashley, who has banked nearly £20m from the sales of Oba Martins, Habib Beye and Sebastien Bassong in the last nine days, is ready to accept a £20m down payment in his bid to sell the stricken club. The Freddy Shepherd camp accept that the former chairman and his backers are the last people to whom Ashley would want to sell. But they are hoping that it will be a case of the last man standing and they could yet succeed with their bid, which is below the £100m asking price. Meanwhile, Ashley is on the lookout for an experienced manager to hold the reins while the search for a buyer continues. Alan Curbishley, Gordon Strachan and even former Leeds and Aston Villa boss David O'Leary are believed to be under consideration for the post.

He's no tactician, he's probably no manager, but I think he's really handled the whole shitty saga with real dignity, he comes across as thoroughly decent bloke unlike JFK or any of the other pieces of shit involved at the club recently. that's all. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ted/8191579.stm

That clip always leaves me in gut-wrenching hysterics.

This. agreed, another asset awaiting to be stripped.

Love this clip so much 0:50 sec

I'll take a point ! it's a point more than I expected !

Shola ffs

Is there anything else negative that prick Lawrenson can say about us ffs ?

Krul

Carroll you greedy shite

he's a fucking cock.

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Henry Winter on Twitter:

exactly, probably spot on with what he said but as usual, reacted in completely the wrong way.