A quote from Shearer about warning Bruce off the job...
“I was out for dinner with Steve Bruce three weeks ago,” he said.
“It was just after Rafa Benitez had left Newcastle and we spoke about what he should do if he was approached and offered the job.
“My advice to him that night was simple: ‘No, no, no, don’t take it.’
“I said: 'Why are you going to be any different to Keegan or Benitez? If you take it, you must be mad because you know how it works there.'
“But Steve is his own man and I respect that. I can’t tell him what to do, even though he is a good friend of mine.