Shearer shakes his head and says ‘I’ll tell you how it goes’ at Lineker on BBC

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ALAN SHEARER immediately shook his head after being quizzed live about his criticism of Manchester United.

The pundit appeared on screens for the FA Cup match between his former clubs Blackburn and Newcastle on Tuesday.

Alan Shearer says he has no regrets about rejecting Man Utd twice

Shearer defended his decisions when former clubs Blackburn and Newcastle faced off

Shearer famously won the Premier League title while at Rovers.

And he became Toon’s all-time top scorer.

But the former England star twice turned down a move to Old Trafford.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s first try came when Shearer was at Southampton.

Rovers signed United in 1992, with title wins following three years later.

The Red Devils then made another attempt for Shearer in 1996.

That time he opted to join Newcastle and remained at St James’ Park for the rest of his career until 2006.

Shearer did not win a single trophy during his time in the North East.

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However, he insists he would make the same decisions again and has no regrets about turning down Fergie’s United.

BBC presenter Gary Lineker first said: ‘People often say: ‘Why didn’t you go to Manchester United, you would have won a lot of things there’.

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“You’ve often told us you wouldn’t trade it.”

Shearer shook his head and replied, “I don’t really care whether people believe it or not.

“I’ll tell you how it is: if I had to make the same decision again, I would do exactly the same thing again.

“I had ten incredible years there, it’s my club, my hero was Kevin Keegan, I always went to watch him.

“So to go and score goals at St James’ Park was my dream, so to have the record there and the statue and to have everything I have at Newcastle, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”