Alan Shearer vows to never return to managerial dugout

Alan Shearer has revealed that he has no intention to ever take charge of a club again following his ill-fated spell as Newcastle United manager.

The Magpies legend was unable to help his boyhood side remain in the Premier League seven years ago, but he was expected to make a quick return to the dugout.

A managerial career never quite materialised, however, and Shearer admits that he is now more suited to his role as a pundit to ever contemplate changing paths once again.

"Even after 2009, I was still thinking I was going to be a manager and I wanted to do it," he told The Sun. "Despite how things went at Newcastle, I loved what I was involved in there.

"I had a few other offers. Cardiff in 2011 was well documented at the time, and I've had a few more since then. But nothing ever tempted me and that's it now. I'd be amazed if I ever went back into it.

"The longer you are out of it, the more difficult it is to get back in. You have got to have a real desire to do it, which I don't. But the main reason I won't go back is because I love what I am doing now. I'm at the FA Cup final and then the Euros this summer - it's a very privileged job to be in."

Shearer was in charge of Newcastle for eight games at the end of the 2008-09 campaign, winning just one - a 3-1 victory over Middlesbrough at St James' Park.