Source: Telegraph
Newcastle on the verge of losing Alan Shearer says Rob Lee
Following their relegation from the Premier League last season, Newcastle get their first stint in the Championship since 1993 underway in a fortnight's time but are yet to find a new owner or appoint a permanent manager.
Interest has reportedly come from a number of consortiums but Ashley is thought to be holding out for £100 million.
Meanwhile, Shearer's former teammate Rob Lee has warned that the longer the club take to get things in line, the more likely they are to lose the former England’s captain's services for good.
"I speak to Alan every day and he's frustrated to say the least," Lee told the Express. "He's coming to the end of his tether now. He's waited for ages and has been told that things were due to happen, but nothing has and he's very frustrated.
"He organised all the pre-season games at the end of last season but he also had targets in mind that he wanted to bring to the club. Now it looks like he will miss out on them.
"I'm amazed he hasn't already told Newcastle that he doesn't want the job anymore, but there will come a point where he says, 'You're too late'.
"He still wants the job desperately but you can't expect someone like that to wait forever. He's not daft and they have had ample time to sort something out."
Lee, who spent a decade as a Newcastle player between 1992-02, went on to warn that if the situation is not resolved in the coming days it could have a serious knock-on effect to the club's future.
Anticipating that Newcastle could follow a similar patter to that of Leeds United, Lee added: "It could take a long time to sort themselves out, but nothing can happen unless the club is sold. Some of the players don't want to play in that division but they're being paid £50,000-a-week and you can't sustain that.
"Only half the stadium has been sold as season tickets and for a club the size of Newcastle that is bad. They're in danger of being in the same situation as Leeds, who are stuck in League One and can't get out.
"Its' a horrendous situation and the longer it goes on the worse it will get for Newcastle."
