Unfortunately, the Newcastle board don't think the same as
Newcastle fans, according to ESPNsoccernet:
Alan Shearer has revealed Newcastle do not want him as their
next manager.
Fans' favourite Shearer wants to help revive his boyhood idols in
any way he can and is willing to work with whoever is appointed as
Sam Allardyce's successor.
Despite having no coaching experience, Shearer believes he could do
the top job.
But the club have made it clear they are seeking an seasoned
campaigner and have told the former England captain he does not fit
the bill yet.
Shearer told the Sun: 'A couple of days after Sam Allardyce got the
sack, I got a call from the club to say they were looking for an
experienced manager, which ruled me out.
'What I can say is that if you want someone to galvanise the
dressing room, get them organised and playing then, yes, I think I
could do that.
'If they want that and someone with experience then I'm not that
man.
'If they had asked me to meet the chairman to talk about this job,
I would have done it.'
On the prospect of working under the club's new boss, Shearer
added: 'People have talked about me being a number two under an
experienced manager.
'But if they are after an experienced manager, which they are, he
will no doubt want his own man.
'All I would say is that if someone comes in and wants to talk to
me, I would be willing to help in any way I can.'
Shearer believes experience is not everything and cited Kevin
Keegan as Newcastle's most successful boss in recent times.
Like Shearer, Keegan had no managerial experience before taking
over at St James' Park, while a series of more seasoned successors
have failed in the hotseat.
A Keegan-Shearer double act is the fans' preferred choice to make
up the next coaching team and Shearer hailed the man who signed him
for a world record £15million in 1996 as 'a special person with
great charisma'.
Since retiring from playing 18 months ago, Shearer has worked as a
television pundit but has always been viewed as a Newcastle manager
in waiting.
His shadow looms large over St James' Park and Allardyce struggled
to escape it during his ill-fated eight months in charge.
However, Shearer denied he had done anything to undermine the
former Bolton boss and insisted he was not given enough time in the
role.
As for Allardyce's successor, Shearer said it needed to be someone
capable of achieving a top-six position and challenging for
trophies.
The name of Didier Deschamps was thrust firmly into the picture
last night after he described the prospect of managing Newcastle as
'an exciting challenge'.
'I have had no official approach from Newcastle but I am flattered
to be linked with such speculation,' France's 1998 World
Cup-winning captain told The Daily Telegraph.
'It would be an exciting challenge. Newcastle are a big
club.'
The 39-year-old has been out or work since leaving Juventus in May
and yesterday saw his odds of becoming the new Newcastle boss
slashed to 2-1.
Deschamps spent a season in English football with Chelsea in
1999-2000, helping the club win the FA Cup.
His first job as manager saw him lead Monaco to the 2004 Champions
League final before leading Juve to promotion from Serie B after
their demotion for match-fixing.
Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is also believed to
be in the frame.
However, the French Football Federation's technical director may be
out of the running after his boss said he was confident Houllier
would stay in his current job
