Perhaps Shearer offers this nose around German and Italian training for starters (8)
I believe the answer is:
punditry
'perhaps shearer offers this' is the definition.
(Alan Shearer is a football pundit)
'nose around german and italian training for starters' is the wordplay.
'nose' becomes 'pry' (to nose around is to pry).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'german and' becomes 'und' ('and' in German).
'for starters' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'italian training' is 'it'.
'und'+'it'='undit'
'pry' going around 'undit' is 'PUNDITRY'.
(Other definitions for punditry that I've seen before include "display of expertise" , "expert opinion" , "The ability to speak authoritatively on a subject" , "The giving of expert opinions" .)