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Ciaran Kelly

Gary Neville still in shock at Newcastle's £15.6m move ruining Manchester United transfer plans

Gary Neville has admitted that he thought there was 'no way' Alan Shearer would turn Manchester United down and move to Newcastle United after personally trying to convince his England team-mate to move to Old Trafford.

Shearer, famously, held several rounds of secret talks with both Sir Alex Ferguson and Kevin Keegan in the summer of 1996 after deciding he wanted to leave Blackburn Rovers.

At one point, Shearer was 90% sure he was on his way to Manchester United; the striker had even picked out a house with his wife, Lainya.

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