Newcastle legend Alan Shearer discusses the club takeover
Newcastle don’t have any appetite to appoint Zinedine Zidane despite his glittering CV, according to reports. The Frenchman won the lot during his two spells at Real Madrid. But, though Steve Bruce is set to be sacked, it doesn’t appear as though the 1998 World Cup winner will take over on Tyneside.
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Newcastle are expected to give Steve Bruce the boot soon (Image: GETTY)
”New owners normally want a new manager. I’ve been around long enough to understand that.
"That decision is not up to me. I accept that and I will accept what comes my way.
“I have to wait to have those conversations with people when the time is right."
And he added: "This is not about me, I cannot stress that enough.
“I have said from the first day news of this takeover came out in public, that if it is the best thing for the football club, if it takes this magnificent football club forward then I am all for it.
Newcastle have Steven Gerrard under consideration to replace Steve Bruce (Image: GETTY)
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“I am not going to be bitter or angry about anything, whatever happens.
“Of course there will be sadness if I lose my job, it’s the job I’ve wanted my whole life, certainly since I became a manager and as hard as it’s been, I have been enormously proud to be manager of Newcastle United. That will never change.
“Do you know what? I’m not the most important talking point now.
“What happens to me, well, it’s not irrelevant, but this is about the football club and its future.
“I really hope this is the start of an exciting new era, it certainly sounds exciting when you read about how much money Saudi Arabians have."