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"I just felt my stomach drop," the now 37-year-old said to Inside Football.

"I was like, 'no, I can't'.

It just hit me.

"I rang my agent and I said, 'look, I don't want to do this.' I'm halfway up and he said, 'no, just have a look around the training ground and meet the manager'.

I said, 'I really don't want to.

Guthrie made just seven appearances for Liverpool before he moved to St

He spent four seasons with the Magpies, making 104 appearances as helped them secure promotion back to the Premier League in the 2009/2010 season.

Following his time in the North East, Guthrie had stints at Reading, Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, Indonesian side Mitra Kukar, Walsall and Icelandic club Fram.

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