Souness confident Shearer will play on

Newcastle manager Graeme Souness is confident he can persuade Alan Shearer to continue for one more campaign at St James’ Park.

Shearer has always insisted he will retire at the end of the season after nine seasons with the Magpies but Souness believes the England international may well extend his career and believes the prospect of breaking Jackie Milburn’s scoring record may influence the striker’s decision.