Shearer worried management rift now influencing Newcastle on pitch

The Magpies were beaten by Fulham on Saturday to expose cracks in manager Eddie Howe’s system.

Club legend Alan Shearer had his say about the situation and how their season will unfold.

“What’s going on off the pitch (is an issue),” Shearer said on The Rest is Football podcast, stating the team did not look fully fit.

“We’ve said it before about the sporting director (Paul Mitchell) and Eddie.

"Unless that gets sorted out somehow, it will affect performances on the pitch... It always does.

“Whatever happens off the pitch in terms of the boardroom or whatever, it eventually comes down and that needs to be sorted out.”