Big Al - "This club needs big changes"

With Newcastle Utd dropping out of the Premier League at the weekend, can owner Mike Ashley persuade temporary boss Alan Shearer to remain at St James Park?

Shearer gave nothing away in the wake of Newcastle’s 1-0 loss at Aston Villa, which condemned the Magpies to relegation along with Middlesbrough and West Brom.

“I’ll speak to the owner and say what I think has gone right and wrong but now is not the time to discuss my future,”

“This club needs big changes, that is there for all to see. This is a fantastic football club, with amazing support, but it needs a hell of a lot of hard work for whoever comes in. It needs totally rebuilding.

“I was shocked at the state of the club when I came in. I was aware of mistakes that had been made. There are huge problems at the club. They are there for everyone to see.

“Everyone is hurting and, I’m sure, bitter, but what we need is a time of calm and for us to get our thoughts together, see what mistakes have been made before deciding where we go from here.

“I know everyone wants to know what I am going to do. You won’t believe me when I say I have not had time to really think about it.

“But we need to have the meeting sooner rather than later and make decisions. It does not take a genius to see what is wrong with the club.

“Those guys have some major decisions to make. There are millions of questions to be answered. I will give them my thoughts but they might not ask me to be the manager.”

Hear Shearer’s thoughts below.