Alan Shearer tells Newcastle star to retire during private chat at Carabao Cup party
Charlie Gordon
2 minutes
Just two days after being named in the squad, Burn was on the scoresheet at Wembley and celebrating Newcastle’s first major domestic trophy in 70 years. Shearer, who attended the after-party, admits he forgot about Burn’s upcoming England duties and jokingly advised him to quit while he is ahead.
“I would love to see big Dan Burn make his England debut this week and maybe he can find the Wembley net for his country as well as his club,” Shearer wrote for BBC Sport.
“I’d forgotten about his England call-up when I spoke to him on Sunday night and said ‘you might as well retire mate because it is not going to get any better than this’. He went ‘well, you never know… something might happen on Friday’ and he is right.”
He said: “That’s the story of his career really, because he has done the hard yards to get here, and to have moments like this for the first time at the age of 32, to be called up by England, then scoring at Wembley for Newcastle to win them the cup is dreamland for him.
“As I may have mentioned on social media on Sunday evening, he is from Blyth and he is a Geordie hero. You know what, if anyone deserves it, it is him, because he is such a great lad.”
Alan Shearer tells Newcastle star to retire during private chat at Carabao Cup party
Charlie Gordon
2 minutes
Just two days after being named in the squad, Burn was on the scoresheet at Wembley and celebrating Newcastle’s first major domestic trophy in 70 years. Shearer, who attended the after-party, admits he forgot about Burn’s upcoming England duties and jokingly advised him to quit while he is ahead.
“I would love to see big Dan Burn make his England debut this week and maybe he can find the Wembley net for his country as well as his club,” Shearer wrote for BBC Sport.
“I’d forgotten about his England call-up when I spoke to him on Sunday night and said ‘you might as well retire mate because it is not going to get any better than this’. He went ‘well, you never know… something might happen on Friday’ and he is right.”
He said: “That’s the story of his career really, because he has done the hard yards to get here, and to have moments like this for the first time at the age of 32, to be called up by England, then scoring at Wembley for Newcastle to win them the cup is dreamland for him.
“As I may have mentioned on social media on Sunday evening, he is from Blyth and he is a Geordie hero. You know what, if anyone deserves it, it is him, because he is such a great lad.”
