David Ginola has revealed he would love to see Newcastle legends Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer reunited at the helm of the club in the near future.
Ginola, a favorite at St James' Park as part of Keegan's attacking-minded team of the mid-nineties, believes the fans are right to want the former England boss back at the club and insists club owner Mike Ashley made a mistake allowing him to leave in September.
Keegan was thought to be unhappy at the influence exerted by London-based directors Tony Jimenez, who has now left, and Dennis Wise.
Ashley has since put the club up for sale and they are currently without a long-term boss, with Joe Kinnear currently in position on an interim basis.
Ginola, 41, thinks his former mentor was not given the support or the time needed to reverse the club's ailing fortunes and would happily see him back on Tyneside in harness with local hero Shearer, whose name has once again been linked with a Newcastle comeback.
Speaking at the launch of Smooth Side Challenge - Braun's new online reality TV show, Ginola told PA Sport: "If you have Kevin Keegan at the club you have to give him time to work it all out and to bring success.
"He did not have that. It is not going to happen in two or three weeks or even months. It would take years - like Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. He can still be their messiah.
"And Shearer also knows how things work in Newcastle. Alan Shearer and Keegan could be a really good partnership for the club."
Ginola, light-heartedly mimicking one of Keegan's most famous outbursts from his first stint in charge of the Magpies, added: "I would love it, I would love it if Kevin came back."
And Ginola, who also played at Tottenham, Aston Villa and, briefly, Everton during his time in the Premier League can understand why the Geordie fans are eager to recapture the glory days.
"I remember when I was there and we played with Peter Beardsley, Faustino Asprilla, myself and Les Ferdinand. Then Alan Shearer signed and we also had players like Philippe Albert and Robert Lee.
"It was great playing in that team. The striking force was amazing. Maybe we conceded a few goals but we always felt we could score four times.
"The crowd expected to have great games and enjoyment and we gave them what they expected."
