Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has slammed owner Mike Ashley.

While the Newcastle owner attempted to mend fences with the players and manager Rafa Benitez, Shearer is still not impressed.

The former Newcastle player and manager has been a vocal critic of Ashley for some time.

He said in his column in The Sun: "Mike Ashley offering Newcastle players a free holiday if they avoid relegation is an insult.

"If I was a player at that team dinner on Wednesday and he offered me that, I would have told him to shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

"I would have said, 'Instead of spending money on a holiday spend it on the football club and back the manager!'

"As a player, that might give me hope and extra motivation that we're all in the fight together.

"These players are on from between £30,000 and £100,000-a-week, they are multi-millionaires.

"Does he not think they can afford any holiday they want?

"They have spent ten months with each other and my guess is that the last thing they would want is to go away as a team."