Reports suggest Alan Shearer is to sensationally return to Newcastle as their manager for the final eight games of the season. Ever since his retirement, Shearer's household name has been strongly linked with the vacant Newcastle position and it is an incredible turn-around if, as expected, he is officially announced tomorrow.
The daunting mission to survive relegation beckons for Shearer as the Geordies pin their hopes on the messiah striking as ably in the managerial hotseat as in the famous black-and-white shirt. Shearer is the all-time leading goalscorer for Newcastle, where he scored 206 goals in 404 appearances.
Joe Kinnear was appointed as an interim manager after Kevin Keegan departed earlier in the season, but when Kinnear required heart surgery the pressure on the club has only mounted and escalated into a decline back into the bottom three. Can Shearer dispel the concerns and lift Newcastle to survival, or are expectations unrealistically too high in a job which so many managers before have failed? No easier opposition to salvage pride and Premiership status against than Chelsea this upcoming Saturday.
The Newcastle reaction can be found here.
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