Newcastle United legend Kevin Keegan has slammed the current squad.

The Toon are a point clear of the drop zone ahead of this weekend's testing trip to Crystal Palace, and facing a relegation fight if Steve McClaren cannot quickly find a solution to his team's difficulties.

According to the Daily Mirror, Keegan told beIN Sports: "This club's going nowhere at the moment and that's very sad.

"I don't think he [McClaren] realised how poor the squad was when he took over. Those players remind me of when I took over all those years ago when they were in the second division. The players' biggest problem was the club was too big for them.

"That's a massive stadium to come out in. For some people, it makes you grow - for the right players, the Shearers, Ginolas, people like that that I had, they just grew in it. But these players are shrinking in it."