Newcastle To Lose Pearson?

Last updated : 14 March 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor

But on the other hand, one of the conditions of Pearce staying at the City of Manchester Stadium is that he steps down from the England Under-21 set-up.

Roeder knows that his own No 2 Nigel Pearson could not be rated more highly than he is at the FA and that there is already talk about him taking over as the Under-21 boss.

The United boss does not want to lose his No 2 because Pearson has done wonders to get the Newcastle back-line in order. Something TV super-mouth Mark Lawrenson failed to do during his time at St James' Park. Lawrenson can "talk a good fight", but when Kevin Keegan gave him the chance to use his "great knowledge" ... we all know what happened.


Roeder: "Manchester City are our next visitors and it is important I see just how they are playing away from home.

"It is also very important I am with my own team the night before a match and on Saturday night I will jump on a train and head to London."