INVESTIGATATION INTO SHEARER THREATS?

Last updated : 27 April 2005 By Editor

Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has told Craig Bellamy he has no future on Tyneside after sending insulting text messages to Alan Shearer. It was reported over the weekend that Bellamy, currently on loan at Celtic, sent gloating messages to striker Shearer and Shepherd's son Kenneth after Newcastle's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester United.

Shepherd has now confirmed that did happen but claimed Shearer told him in no uncertain terms he would not be welcome back at St James' Park.

Shepherd said: "It's true that messages were received from Bellamy's phone - but he got more than he bargained for from Alan Shearer. The text he sent to Kenneth was mildly upsetting but what he said to Shearer was insulting.

"It was along the lines that he was past it and his legs had gone and that he was going to come back here from Celtic. I can tell you there is no chance of that. Bellamy has taken on a hero in Alan and there is only one winner of that one. And it is not Bellamy.

"Alan might have thought twice about firing off a reply but he was obviously so riled he reacted. He told Bellamy he would knock his block off if he ever set foot back in Newcastle.”