It was only the other day that we were trying to figure out just how Real Madrid had managed to get themselves in to £200 million debt when we heard they were about to offer Newcastle £15 million for Alan Shearer. "Aaah, that explains it," we said. "If I sold him it would be like selling the Tyne Bridge," said a "shocked and stunned" Bobby Robson but then Shearer is only marginally younger than the Tyne Bridge. Take the money Bobby, that's what we say.