"But for me what he will bring to this football club is vast experience of managing a top class club. He was a top class player and he is a top class manager.
"If I'm not mistaken Graeme Souness has won a trophy at every club he has been to apart from Southampton and that's because he wasn't there very long.
"He's a winner. A manager who wins trophies and that's what we want at Newcastle United Football Club.
Big Al added: "We all want the club to be successful nobody more so than me. I have heard some fans asking how Graeme Souness will get on with Alan Shearer. Well my answer to that is that in the great scheme of things this is something that really does not matter.
"His job is to pick a football team to win matches and obviously I want to be a part of that.
"But playing for Graeme Souness will be no different from playing for any other manager. If you play well you will be in the team. If you don't play well you won't be. It's a simple as that."