Shearer hoping for a Toon sale
ALAN SHEARER insists Newcastle need a takeover – but doubts whether owner Mike Ashley is serious.
The Geordie legend hopes reports of an offer by former Manchester United chief Peter Kenyon, are “more substance than rumour”.
But he warned: “I can’t get excited. We have been there before. These rumours always resurface around the January transfer window and it’s a bit like Groundhog Day.
“That said, it is definitely much needed so I hope this time there is more substance behind the rumours.”