Shearer unhappy over Bellamy link

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Bellamy, who had a disappointing first season with Liverpool and has been tipped to leave Anfield, has been linked with a return to Newcastle, where he and Shearer once formed a strike pairing.

Shearer was not impressed by Bellamy's exit from the club following a bust-up with manager Graeme Souness, and the former England striker admits he was stunned to discover new Magpies boss Sam Allardyce might be interested. He said: "Has no-one learnt their lesson about signing Craig Bellamy?"

He added: "If only (Liverpool boss) Rafa Benitez had rung me I would have told him exactly what he was like. I hope there isn't anything in (the Newcastle reports).

"I was having a few days away in France with (former Newcastle team-mates) Gary Speed and Steve Harper and the wives and I picked up the newspaper. I was having a fantastic day.

"But when I read Bellamy for Newcastle I thought I would definitely have to have another drink. I had several."