Source: PA
Shearer: I thought I had Magpies job
Alan Shearer has revealed he thought he had the Newcastle job after sitting down with Mike Ashley in the immediate aftermath of relegation.
Shearer had been parachuted in for the final eight games of the 2008/09 season in a desperate attempt to keep the Magpies in the Barclays Premier League.
Ultimately, he was to fail as his side recorded only one win - over derby rivals Middlesbrough - and two draws and slipped out of the top flight by a single point.
But as owner Mike Ashley plotted the way forward, Shearer was called in for talks and left convinced the job was his before the sportswear tycoon opted to appoint Chris Hughton in a caretaker capacity once again.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Shearer said: "I thought I had the job at Newcastle. We had got relegated and I had sat down with the appropriate guys and we had agreed everything. Then two days later...
"I have not spoken to them since. I rang someone up and he didn't know what was going on, and I never got a phone call after that."
