Shearer slams ‘disgraceful’ Sunderland

Alan Shearer has delivered a withering assessment of relegated Sunderland, suggesting Black Cats supporters should be seeking reimbursement following their team’s home defeat to Swansea City.

David Moyes’ side were condemned to the Championship with four games to go and suffered a 2-0 loss at the hands of a resurgent Swansea on Saturday.

Newcastle United legend Shearer, speaking in his role as a pundit of the BBC’s Match of the Day, didn’t pull any punches when summing up Sunderland’s final display of the season at the Stadium of Light.

“In the first half, they were absolutely disgraceful – there was a complete lack of effort,” said Shearer, who scored 206 goals for Sunderland’s bitter north-east rivals, while also taking charge of eight games as interim manager in 2009.

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“It’s the last home game of the season. They’ve been relegated and you’d think they’d give their fans something to shout about.

“It was lazy. There was nothing in their performance at all.

“I’m surprised the fans lasted so long. They should be asking for their money back – it was that bad.”

Shearer also believes that major work needs to be undertaken in the summer transfer window to mould Sunderland’s current side into one that can win promotion back to the top flight next term.

The former Premier League goal king said: “There is no way that team will get back up into the Premier League.”