Shepherd says Bellamy 'cheated' Newcastle

Craig Bellamy looks to have played his last game for Newcastle after chairman Freddy Shepherd tonight accused him of “cheating” the club, the supporters, manager Graeme Souness and his team-mates.

Newcastle are furious that the 25-year-old Welshman chose to elaborate on the weekend’s controversy, in which he was dropped from the squad for yesterday’s clash with Arsenal after feigning injury, in a television interview this afternoon, and Shepherd has come out with all guns blazing.