Alan Shearer

There was, I think, honestly, it was like... And you had a little word.

Well, I had to because, just a polite one, because I was playing every single week and there was like, he was cutting inside and shooting and passing and I'm thinking, and he contains you and putting some crosses in.

I used to watch him last season thinking, what is happening here?

And honestly, it must have taken five or six weeks and I thought, sod this, I'm not going to have to tell him.

So I went in, I think we played Arsenal at home.

They had one player sent off and he still beat us.

So I thought, and he never put any balls in, so I'm going to go in and have a word with him.

And so we went head to head in the dressing room.

It was like, fuck you, Shearer.

It was like, we got up to go together and we were sort of pulled apart.

I was just saying, put some...

He put the ball in the box and I'll try and do the rest.

And then we sort of calmed down and Kevin said to me, can I have a word with you, please?

I said, yeah.

So everyone went.

He said, you're not going to get the best out of David talking to him like that.

And I was like, well, any chance are you fucking telling him?

Honestly, after that, the crosses started coming in and it was so much better.

I mean, he could deliver a cross as well.

Oh, he was brilliant.