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Richard Keys takes aim at Alan Shearer after he criticised Qatar over World Cup and migrant deaths, asking 'why didn't it bother him' when he worked for Al Jazeera and beIN SPORTS... and if he will quiz Newcastle's Saudi ownership

Richard Keys has taken aim at Alan Shearer for his critical views of the Qatar World Cup by pointing out how it 'never bothered' the Newcastle icon when he worked as a pundit for Qatari sports networks Al Jazeera and beIN SPORTS for 'over a decade'.

As the curtain fell down on this year's edition of the World Cup, Shearer claimed that the tournament felt as if 'you've been living in a football theme park for the last month' and brought up the deaths of the migrant workers.

Shearer said: 'I think the reality of the World Cup is even more stark when you've been living in what feels like a football theme park for the last month.