Alan Shearer made his feelings very clear about Newcastle's poor transfer performance this summer. During this week edition of Match Of The Day (11/08/18) Gary Lineker, Ian Wright and Alan Shearer presented the weekend's football with analysis and reaction. However, viewers got a little more reaction than they expected.

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The Magpies were unable to beat Tottenham in their first Premier League game on Saturday which, fueled the fire in Newcastle fans disappointment for not be able to acquire fresh new talent during the transfer window.

This year saw £1.26bn spent in the transfer league with Newcastle only £22.6m of expenditures (Net summer spend source) placing them 15th/20th on the most active Premier League club expenditure (source). Alan Shearer believes Mike Ashley (Newcastle United Over) should be at least £33m in transfer profit, however, Rafa Benitez is unable to access these funds to improve his team.

"at least we now know where all the money went" - Alan Shearer (BBC, Match Of The Day)

Towards the end of Alan Shearer's argument, he uttered: "at least we now know where all the money went" hinting the fans anger with Mike Ashley's business choices. Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has recently acquired the failing department store House Of Fraser for £90m this week. There are no claims that Mike Ashley used Newcastle funds for the purchase nevertheless Alan Shearer believes the move "sums the football club up under this order" (BBC, Match Of The Day). His damming comment was followed by an awkward straight look down the camera.

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Was Shearer right to bring Mike Ashley accountable for a poor transfer window? Should owners put all their money into a football club rather than their business portfolio?