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Newcastle gamers celebrating, and Alan Shearer smiling within the stands (Picture by Justin Setterfield, Ian MacNicol/Getty Photos)
Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has joked that Dan Burn would possibly as properly retire after his objective within the win over Liverpool within the Carabao Cup remaining.
Burn opened the scoring for the Magpies in a well-known 2-1 victory over the Reds at Wembley final weekend, delivering the membership its first piece of silverware in 70 years.
Even Shearer, one in every of Newcastle’s finest ever gamers, by no means managed to carry a trophy with the north east membership.
Writing for BBC Sport concerning the sport and Burn’s function within the win, Shearer joked that he advised the 32-year-old he would possibly as properly retire after scoring in a cup remaining victory.
However Shearer forgot that Burn had additionally simply earned his first England call-up, so issues might be about to get even higher for the previous Brighton participant.
Alan Shearer on his retirement joke to Newcastle’s Dan Burn
Dan Burn celebrates throughout Newcastle’s Carabao Cup remaining win over Liverpool (Picture by Stu Forster/Getty Photos)
“I’d like to see huge Dan Burn make his England debut this week and perhaps he can discover the Wembley internet for his nation in addition to his membership,” Shearer mentioned.
“I’d forgotten about his England call-up after I spoke to him on Sunday night time and mentioned ‘you would possibly as properly retire mate as a result of it isn’t going to get any higher than this’.
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“He went ‘properly, you by no means know… one thing would possibly occur on Friday’ and he’s proper. That’s the story of his profession actually, as a result of he has finished the onerous yards to get right here, and have moments like this for the primary time on the age of 32.”
Newcastle followers will nonetheless be on cloud 9 after that unbelievable consequence on Sunday, they usually’ll additionally certainly be buzzing for Burn as he prepares to be concerned with the England nationwide crew.
