Shearer record must stick in Ruud’s Gullit

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He did so once again just last week as Graeme Souness' reign as manager came to a disastrous end, as his own did back in August 1999.

The Dutchman's theme is that the 35-year-old striker is too dominant a figure and that the men around him and even, on occasion, the manager are hampered as a result.