Alan Shearer may be the Premier League's all-time record goalscorer, but that didn't mean he wasn't always ready to help emerging talent at Newcastle United.

The Geordie legend was in the final stages of his career when young defender Paul Huntington broke into the first-team picture in 2005, but the Carlisle-born stopper has never forgotten the time Shearer took to pass on valuable advice and welcome him into the squad.

He had retired by the team Huntington made his Premier League debut for the Magpies, in a 3-1 win at Blackburn in 2006, but that didn't stop him from highlighting his performance on Match of the Day that evening.

Shearer had kept a close eye on Huntington since a training camp in Marbella which opened his eyes on how the former United striker operated in training.

"I trained with Shearer and he was great with the young lads," he told the Undr the Cosh podcast. "He took me after training and he would ask Nobby Solano to deliver some balls in.

"In the sessions, I wasn’t tight enough to him. I was just...