Alan Thompson is returning to Newcastle United ... an appointment being driven by Toon chief Dennis Wise. But Kevin Keegan sent him packing during his first spell as Newcastle manager.
Plans by football's international governing body to insist on nationality quotas in the sport were branded as illegal discrimination by Euro-MPs this afternoon.
Dimitar Berbatov used to go to bed wearing a Newcastle United shirt with "Shearer" number nine on the back, and the Spurs striker once said he would love to fill Shearer's boots at St James' Park.