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OTD in 1996, Newcastle signed Alan Shearer for a world record fee of £15m

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On this day in 1996, Newcastle broke the transfer record for a striker and brought Alan Shearer to play for his boyhood club.

Shearer went on to score a record 206 goals for Newcastle, and still to this day- his record of 260 Premier League goals remains the most goals scored in the league.

And the rest is history. What a signing!

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