Alan Shearer reveals he rejected EFL job before agreeing to become Match of the Day pundit

Alan Shearer has revealed he once turned down the chance to manage Cardiff City. Shearer was interviewed by the Championship club after being relegated from the top-flight in 2009 as interim boss of Newcastle – his hometown club where he spent most of his playing career. But the all-time leading Premier League goalscorer decided that he was done with management at that early stage, instead turning has hand to punditry with the BBC – most notably as a regular on Match of the Day . Why did Shearer say no to Cardiff?