Dan Burn was undoubtedly one of Newcastle United’s biggest heroes during their Carabao Cup triumph against Liverpool at Wembley.
Burn put Newcastle ahead with a thumping header just before half-time, one that is already etched in the history books at St James’ Park.
After the goal went in, cameras almost immediately panned to Alan Shearer bouncing up and down in the crowd, a proper Geordie loving every moment of a performance in a final that’s been a long time coming.
Micah Richards loved Burn’s performance, and a lot of that credit is seemingly owed to Eddie Howe too.
Burn got the better of Alexis Mac Allister from Kieran Trippier’s corner and it was something that Newcastle had identified as a weakness of Arne Slot’s side.
Alan Shearer shares what he told Dan Burn after his goal at Wembley
That being said, Shearer spoke about his exchange with Burn shortly after the final on ‘The Rest Is Football’ podcast.
Shearer was delayed in appearing on the podcast initially because of his celebrations.
But the legendary Newcastle striker eventually joined the chat from Amsterdam when he was preparing to go to a Sam Fender concert – a famous Geordie himself.
Speaking about his chat with Burn at the after party, Shearer said: “I said to him last night, I was having a pint with him last night. And I said, you might as well f—- retire, man – because the week you’ve had, it’s not getting any better.
“I said it’s typical Newcastle, the players are off, they’ve all gone off to Dubai, I think.
“Well, they’re all going as a team, you know and I say to Dan it’s typical, you get in the England squad, you can’t go out, you can’t have five or six days breaking the sun now.
“And he said, you know what? He said, I don’t give a damn. He said, I can’t wait to get up with England.
“And when I said to him, you might as well retire, he went, I might just go on Friday at Wembley.
“I said oh well, yeah, absolutely. Can you imagine? I mean, the lad from Blythe, from Newcastle, to come in and score that first goal.”
How could Thomas Tuchel use Dan Burn with England?
Analysing Thomas Tuchel’s options at the back over the upcoming international break when England play both Albania and Latvia, it seems more than plausible that Burn could make his full debut.
Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi seems destined to start on the right of any centre-back partnership, and Burn would mainly then be competing with either Levi Colwill or Ezri Konsa.
And on form and considering the strength of Burn’s left-foot, he could have a serious chance of starting in a back line that might also contain Tino Livramento.
Livarmento was also excellent against Liverpool, demonstrating his rich versatility.
And given how many good performers there were at Wembley, Gary Lineker also had a point to make about Joelinton after the game.
