Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear has revealed Alan Shearer turned down an invitation to join his coaching staff at St James' Park.
Kinnear, who will continue as Magpies boss until the end of the season after impressing on an interim basis, offered Shearer the chance to work with the club's strikers.
However, Shearer rejected Kinnear's overtures and the Magpies chief admits he may look for someone else to bolster his coaching staff.
"I said he'd be welcome to come in any time to give the place a lift and work with our strikers," Kinnear told The Guardian.
"He said it was a very kind offer but he wasn't ready for it yet, and I said, 'That's fine'.
"There's a possibility I might bring someone else in on the coaching front now."
Meanwhile Shearer has backed former team-mate Michael Owen to win his place back in the England set-up.
Owen has found himself out of favour with Fabio Capello in recent months with his last appearance coming in the friendly defeat to France in March.
Shearer believes his former club and international strike partner can revive his international ambitions.
"On the England front, it's a difficult one at the moment, though if it were up to me he would be in my squad, there's no doubt about that," Shearer told the Daily Telegraph.
"But you can't say anything against the England manager because most of the results he has had have been fabulous.
"But I don't think Michael Owen's international career is over."
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