Shearer: I want to be a manager
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Newcastle legend Alan Shearer has hinted he may be willing to come to the Magpies' rescue after admitting a career in management interests him.
Monday night's 2-2 draw with Manchester City at St James' Park may have been creditable after the Magpies lost Habib Beye to a red card early on, but it did little to ease a crisis which has left them entrenched in the relegation zone.
Joe Kinnear has been put in charge of team affairs while owner Mike Ashley looks to find a buyer for the Tyneside club, but former boss Sir Bobby Robson suggested on Sunday that Shearer was the man with the "clout" to lead them out of their slump in the long term.
The former striker, United's all-time leading scorer, is on his way to gaining the qualifications which are a prerequisite for aspiring managers in the Premier League - although the likes of Gareth Southgate and Paul Ince were granted exemptions to take the reigns at Middlesbrough and Blackburn, respectively, without them.
And Shearer has revealed he is already planning a career in management.
"Everyone knows that I've done part of my coaching badges. I haven't done my UEFA Pro Licence which is mandatory but I am going to do it at some stage," he told BBC Radio Five Live.
"Management interests me.
"I can't turn round and say 'yes, I would be delighted to come here (to Newcastle)', because that would be wrong of me.
"But management interests me, at some stage of my career."
Ameobi tipped for Toon renaissance
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Joe Kinnear is confident Shola Ameobi can relaunch his career at Newcastle after seeing him score in Monday's 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
The 27-year-old striker found himself playing as a lone frontman for much of the game following defender Habib Beye's controversial dismissal for a foul on Robinho.
Ameobi not only made life difficult for Richard Dunne and Tal Ben-Haim but also ended a two-year wait for a Premier League goal as the Magpies launched another spirited fightback.
His return to form was a personal triumph for interim manager Kinnear, who has taken him under his wing since arriving on Tyneside.
The 61-year-old said: "It's going to give him massive confidence. It's a long time since he has actually stuck one away.
"But I believe he has got all the ability to make himself a decent striker.
"He has got power, pace, strength. He has possibly not been punching his weight in the past, I don't know really.
"I can only go on what I see, and he has been exceptionally good for me in training.
"He has sent out all the right messages. He is a hungry fighter."
The Nigeria-born player fired home from close range with 44 minutes gone to cancel out Robinho's 14th-minute opener and drag Newcastle back into a game which seemed to have slipped from their grasp.
Beye was distraught to receive a red card for his challenge on the Brazilian, with television replays backing up his claim to have taken the ball first.
But referee Rob Styles, who later agreed to review his decision, was having none of it and the home side seemed doomed.
However, with the crowd responding to the perceived injustice, Kinnear's men got themselves back on terms and against all the odds took the lead with 64 minutes gone when Dunne sliced Geremi's corner into his own net.
It took an 86th-minute strike from Stephen Ireland to rescue a point for the visitors, and although he was disappointed not have have marked his first game since his return to the dug-out with a victory, Kinnear was immensely proud of his players ahead of Saturday's derby trip to Sunderland.
He said: "It is nice to go in having two games behind us undefeated. They are never easy, derbies.
"It is going to be another big question, another tight game, another tough match.
"But the dressing room is on fire at the moment. Everyone is delighted with one another, has the utmost respect for one another, everybody is working for one another.
"We have got a lot of things going for us at the moment, and who's to say we might not have two or three more players back in the frame for that match, which would make us that little bit stronger?"
