Former Newcastle United boss Graeme Souness has explained why he took the hotseat.
In his upcoming autobiography 'Graeme Souness - Football: My Life, My Passion', which is being serialised in The Sunday Times, he writes: “When I was offered the Newcastle job in 2004, my first thought was: “I will be the one to prod this sleeping giant awake.'
“I vividly remember the first time I went there. I was in an executive box with Sir John Hall and Freddy Shepherd, the directors, when Freddy's wife turned to me and said: 'So you're the lion tamer, are you?'
“There was a feeling at the club that under Sir Bobby Robson the young bucks in the squad had been able to run wild, generally being disruptive. So they needed the new man to get things under control."