Shay Given has opened up about the reasons why he decided to end his 12-year long association with Newcastle United back in 2009.
The free agent goalkeeper has made the revelation in his recently released autobiography 'Shay: Any Given Saturday', and excerpts from his memoirs were posted by the Chronicle newspaper.
Given called time on his Magpies career as he completed an £8m switch to Manchester City, and he explained how the changing nature of the club led him to grow tired at the growing circus on Tyneside.
He admitted: “Every transfer window we were selling our best players and replacing them with free transfers and mediocre players.