Premier League file goalscorer Alan Shearer was “an unbelievable talent” however “wasn’t the brightest”, a former team-mate has claimed.
Ex-Blackburn and Aston Villa defender Alan Wright, often known as “the mighty atom” for being one of many shortest gamers in English soccer historical past, was talking on the I Had Trials Once podcast. Wright stated: “Alan Shearer was a great guy, but he wasn’t the brightest.
“He was sponsored by Jaguar automobiles and he got here in someday at Blackburn and stated: ‘Someone’s damaged the lion off the entrance of my automobile!’ I requested him who he was sponsored by and he stated, ‘Jaguar’, so then I requested him what they’d damaged off his automobile, and he stated, ‘the f***ing lion!’ He didn’t have a clue!
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“But he was ruthless in training and he was aggressive. He was an unbelievable finisher as well. It seemed like he would just hit the ball as hard as he could, but he’d never miss the target. He was an unbelievable talent and his goal record speaks for itself.”
Wright, who stands at solely 5ft4in, additionally stated ex-Villa team-mate Dwight Yorke had “a ridiculous amount of skill”. He stated: “He used to stand in a small, square bin in the dressing room and any time a new player came in he would bet them £100 that he could do 50 keep-ups with his head without falling out of the bin.
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“Obviously everyone took the bet because it seems impossible – but I never saw him fail to do it.” Wright additionally praised former Blackburn supervisor Kenny Dalglish as “so good” at passing on his information of the sport.
Shearer greater than made up for an obvious lack of book-smarts together with his world class on-field intelligence. The Newcastle and Blackburn legend scored over 400 profession objectives, with a file 260 coming within the Premier League.
Wright, in the meantime, spent the most important chunk of his 23-year profession at Aston Villa, racking up greater than 250 appearances for the West Midlands membership. He shared a dressing room with Shearer for 3 seasons at Ewood Park and likewise performed for Blackpool, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough.