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The Rest Is Football

Newcastle’s Bid For Rooney, Captain Fantastic & Alan In His Pants

The Rest Is Football

Goalhanger

Sports, Football, Soccer

4.33.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

What really happened when Newcastle United made a bid for Wayne Rooney? Who were the most influential captains our lads ever played under? Alan has agreed to the bet, but what would it take for him to appear on MOTD in his pants? Gary, Alan and Micah also discuss one of the best sporting arenas in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the rest is football question and answer episode with

0:15.4

Alan Shearer, Michael Richards and meet Gerlinica. Thank you as always for sending in

0:20.8

your questions. We've got some beauties again this week and let's get

0:25.0

cracking with H Ego. I know Alan always says he'd have loved to have played with Wayne Rooney.

0:33.0

As a Newcastle fan, I remember as putting in a bid for him

0:37.2

before he went to Manchester United.

0:40.2

Is he the almost signing?

0:42.0

Alan was most excited and then possibly disappointed about?

0:46.6

Did something similar ever happen to Gary or Micah?

0:50.0

Firstly, is that true?

0:52.0

Do you know if Newcastle did they?

0:53.7

Yeah they did I don't know how serious it was but the old chairman at the time

0:57.8

Freddie Shepard bless him who's no longer with us I think his son Kenneth was involved in the agency so whether it was to speed a new

1:06.3

contract up it man united or whatever but Newcastle did put a bid in for him how serious

1:11.7

it was I'm not quite sure.

1:13.0

When he was at Man United, yeah.

1:16.0

When he was at Man United, yeah.

1:17.0

When he was at Man United.

1:18.0

I don't know how serious it was, but there was definitely a bid

1:20.0

went in for him, yeah.

1:21.0

Yeah.

1:22.0

Well, they would definitely have said no to that one though straight away wouldn't he? Well they did yeah but it

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