6 Shock Revelations From Kieron Dyer's Time At Newcastle
3. Boumsong Told Him And Bowyer To Fight In The Changing Room
Dyer also lifted the lid on what happened between the on-pitch fight and the forced press conference apology. The pair apparently hadn't cooled off by the time they hit the dressing rooms, and had to be man-handled by the club's "two massive masseurs" (an odd contradiction in terms) and separated them as Dyer plotted how to get his revenge:
I was thinking how I could get to him. Then we heard the final whistle. Boumsong came in and said, If you want to fight, fight now. I was wanting to fight and get the revenge."
That sort of brilliant decision-making from the Frenchman proves exactly why he was so good at defending... But at least he didn't threaten to fight both players - the approach manager Graeme Souness took to scaring the players sensible, as Shearer went instead with the disappointed angle:
Then Souness came in and said, If you want to fight Ill beat both of you. Al came in and I never saw him lose it like that he went mad and called us selfish and a disgrace. He knew wed have a three-match suspension and miss the FA Cup semi-final that was coming up.
