Ashley urges quick Shearer decision from Newcastle boss Keegan

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has urged manager Kevin Keegan to make a decision one way or the other over whether he wants Alan Shearer as part of his backroom team.
The Guardian says Ashley is believed to have given his new manager carte blanche to choose his backroom team, even if it were to include Shearer, the club's former captain, but hopes the matter will be resolved swiftly.
Shearer has announced his willingness to help the new regime in any way possible and was almost certainly mentioned as Keegan and Chris Mort, his chairman, spent hours locked together in conversation at the club's training ground yesterday.