NEWCASTLE United today dismissed reports that skipper Alan Shearer is to undergo an exploratory operation on his knee injury.
It was claimed that Shearer was booked in to have keyhole surgery after a recurrence of the bout of tendonitis which hampered him during England's Euro 2000 campaign and kept him out of his club's 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on Saturday.
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