Former Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer said he had turned down new manager Kevin Keegan's offer of a coaching role at the struggling Premier League club.
"He (Keegan) basically told me I could come in as his assistant or in any role I wanted but the timing is just not right," Shearer was quoted as saying in The Sun on Saturday.
"I have not snubbed anyone or anything like that... (but) right now, I think the last thing they would need is another dominant personality, another name."
Keegan took Shearer to Newcastle for a then-world record fee of 15 million pounds ($29.85 million) in 1996 and the home-town boy was adored by the local fans as he scored a club record 206 goals, including 148 in the league.
http://sports.indiatimes.com/Sections/Football/Shearer_turns_down_coaching_role/articleshow/2750325.cms
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment