Alan Shearer tells Gary Lineker 'how it is' after Man United question during FA Cup clash

Alan Shearer was quick to defend his career choices live on the BBC after Gary Lineker questioned him about why he never joined Manchester United.

During the delayed kick-off of Blackburn vs Newcastle in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Lineker asked Shearer about his past decisions, to which the former striker firmly stood his ground. Shearer famously chose to play for Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle over joining a 'big' club. After winning the Premier League title with Rovers in 1994/95, he moved onto his home town team where he scored a whopping 206 goals in 405 appearances, instead of joining Sir Alex Ferguson's all-conquering United.

Lineker asked, "People often say 'why didn't you go to Manchester United, you would have won loads of stuff there'. You've often said to us that you wouldn't swap it."

Unfazed, Shearer shook his head and responded staunchly, "I don't really care about whether people believe it or not. I'm telling you how it is, if I had the same decision to make again now, I'd do exactly the same again.

"I had 10 unbelievable years there, it's my club, my hero was Kevin Keegan, I used to go and watch him. So to go and score goals at St James' Park was my dream, so to have the record, the statue there, and to have everything I've got in Newcastle, I wouldn't swap that for the world."

Shearer had a chance to move from Blackburn to United after having discussions with Ferguson. However, Keegan persuaded him to choose Newcastle, resulting in a £15million transfer. In 'In A Will to Win', his diary of the 1996/97 season, Ferguson admitted he felt "'sick and angry" about not getting Shearer, who had netted an impressive 112 goals in 138 Premier League matches for Blackburn.

Although Shearer never won a