Source: Telegraph
Alan Shearer will not stay at Newcastle longterm
Shearer has been appointed interim manager while Joe Kinnear recovers from heart surgery and when he was pressed on whether he would prolong his stay, he twice stated: "I am here for eight games, and eight games only."[LNB]He added: "What part Joe has to play for next season or the season after that you will have to speak to the necessary people. That has nothing to do with me. All I'm interested in is eight games and eight games only." [LNB] Related ArticlesLove for Newcastle convinced ShearerShearer gets to workShearer offered £1.8mPremier League team newsAlan Shearer can save Newcastle, says Sir John HallAlan Shearer to be Newcastle United manager until end of seasonDespite saying "this saviour doesn't have a magic wand", Shearer hopes his influence can provide the club with a boost. [LNB]"That is what I want," he said. "I was asked to try and keep Newcastle in the Premier League and that is my job. I understand the clamour but we have to get away from this Alan Shearer thing. [LNB]"Would it be hard to walk away? I don't think it would be. I envisage sitting in the stands next season watching Newcastle as a Premier League club.[LNB]"It needs us to be stabilised this season and then after that the people [owner Mike Ashley and managing director Derek Llambias] can look at what direction they want to go in but for that to happen we have to be in the Premier League. It would devastate me if this club was playing Championship football next season." [LNB]Shearer revealed the wheels were set in motion on his appointment last weekend.[LNB]"I got a call on Saturday morning from Derek asking one or two things and then I got a call the following day asking if they could come and see me," he said.[LNB]"We had a good chat for over an hour late on Sunday evening and then it was put to me they would like me to take charge for the remaining eight games and I said, 'Give me the night to think about it.'[LNB]"I went back on Monday morning and I said yes. I spoke to Mike Ashley and then it was just a matter of getting contracts drawn up. I had one or two issues that I had to sort out with my employer, the BBC, which has very kindly given me an eight-week sabbatical, and everything else was put in place and agreed."[LNB]Shearer stressed he had nothing to do with director of football Dennis Wise's departure. "He has gone his own way, which was happening irrespective of whether I came in or not," Shearer said.[LNB]
