'Do me a favour' - Alan Shearer delivers brutal blue card review after Premier League incident

Newcastle United legend Shearer had his say on the idea of 'blue cards' and sin bins being introduced to the game as a new weapon for referees to punish players with

Legendary Newcastle United forward Alan Shearer has slammed rumoured plans to introduce 'blue cards' and sin bins to football.

It was reported by the Telegraph earlier this week that the International Football Association Board, the game's law-making body, had "signed off" on the introduction of a 'blue card' which would see players removed from matches for 10 minutes if they were to commit a "cynical foul or show dissent towards a match official".

The proposal was met with ample backlash and led to FIFA, the governing body of the European game, insisting that the trials of 'blue cards' and sin bins would not take place at the elite level of the game. However, it is claimed IFAB will go public with plans later this year.

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That has led to Shearer taking a swipe at IFAB tweaking of the game's laws in recent years while he analysed the penalty Sheffield United were awarded in their victory at Luton Town on Saturday. IFAB recently changed the handball laws and Newcastle hero Shearer believes the law-makers' next decision on sin bins could add as much bewilderment

"The handball rule as we know is an absolute joke. You're hearing managers and players every single week saying 'We just don't know what handball is any more'," Shearer said on Match of the Day. "These are the same guys, IFAB - who are making the handball rule, who actually may want to bring blue cards in for sin bins. Do me a favour man, honestly!"

Shearer wasn't the first high-profile figure to voice opinions at the potential introduction of the 'blue card', with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp poking fun at the idea after Saturday's 3-1 win against Burnley.

"Imagine in this game and the referee has a blue card available? It would have been the Wild West," the Reds boss said after his side were issued with four bookings. "There were so many yellow cards. I had no clue why Vincent Kompany got it. I lost it in that situation so fine, give me a yellow card. As long as I don't get a blue one and have to sit somewhere for 10 minutes!"