Sweet and Sou-ness

Liam Mackey talks to Liverpool legend and recently sacked Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness.

IT’S gone three o’clock on Saturday and Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers have kicked off their Premiership game at St James’ Park. But Graeme Souness isn’t there. Instead, he’s sitting in a hotel lobby near his home in Manchester, reflecting on a career which has taken him from the high of European Cup glory as a player with Liverpool to the most recent low of his sacking as manager of Newcastle United.

That was just a little over a month ago but if Souness is missing his day-to-day involvement in the game, he’s doing a good job of hiding it. But then, there are plenty of things to occupy the 52 year old, not least the rewarding business of spending free time with his six-year-old son. However, he also makes it clear retirement is the last thing on his mind.