Souness Wanders On

Graeme Souness has quit as manager of Blackburn Rovers to take over at Newcastle United.



The former manager of Liverpool, Rangers, Galatasaray, Southampton, Torino, Benfica and now Blackburn can now add Newcaslte to his underachieving string of clubs.

Souness said: "I hope people can understand my reasons for leaving Blackburn. I think I'm ready for a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this."

"Newcastle is one of the best-supported clubs around. It is a club where everything is there to be successful and I just hope I'm the man to bring it to them."

If Souness fails to deliver, Freddy Shepherd had better be prepared for a backlash from the Toon Army.