... as his agent claims the Celtic player was sent home from the club's American tour as he is "surplus to requirements".
Thompson had a bright future at Newcastle but in his teenage years he was involved in a car crash and broke his neck, utting his career in doubt. But he bounced back and was involved in Kevin Keegan great squad in the 1990s. But the player wanted first team football, something that Keegan was not prepared to offer him at the time, and he left for the give-away price of £200,000.
McGill (Thompson's agent): "Alan Thompson wasn't injured when he left the team's hotel in America so, unless he injured himself carrying his luggage on to the plane, that situation is still the same.
"The reason he has been sent home is that he is surplus to requirements."