Kinnear bites back at ‘clueless’ Shearer

Newcastle’s director of football Joe Kinnear has hit back at the club’s record goalscorer Alan Shearer, claiming: “This is a guy who doesn’t have a clue about coaching.”

Last week Magpies legend Shearer claimed the appointment of former Republic of Ireland international Kinnear had “undermined” manager Alan Pardew and recent events at St James’ Park had turned the club into a “laughing stock”.

Kinnear responded angrily to Shearer’s comments in an interview in the Sunday Times, and highlighted the former England striker’s failure to keep Newcastle in the Premier League in the final eight games of the 2008-09 season, when he succeeded Kinnear after he had suffered a heart attack.