Alan Shearer is expected to confirm on Friday he will postpone his retirement and play on for another season.
The Newcastle United skipper was due to end his professional career in the summer but Magpie's manager Graeme Souness has been determined to change his mind since taking over at St James' Park last September.
Shearer, 34, is currently just nine goals short of Jackie Milburn's club-record total of 200, and the move almost certainly means he will retire as his boyhood heroes club record goalscorer.
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