Kinnear sales talk adds to fog on the Tyne

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When the man talking is Joe Kinnear, it is often worth paying close attention. Kinnear can veer from black to white in the course of a single answer. It is all part of the conundrum that is Newcastle United.

 

They are a club up for sale but there seems to be a plan to spend significant money in January, a club the owner does not feel comfortable attending, a club who have had 10 games under Kinnear, six of which have been drawn, two won and two lost. Are they about to turn up, or are they about to sink?

 

We shall discover more this afternoon at Portsmouth, though win, lose or again draw, it is not likely that Kinnear will suddenly lose his taste for the abstract. Having spoken about the importance of keeping Michael Owen until the end of the season – when Owen's contract expires and he is free to leave – on Friday Kinnear moved on to transfer activity in January.

 

Stressing that he has the first and final word on recruitment and sales, Kinnear began: "Mike [Ashley] does not have a say." Challenged on this he replied: "He'll have a say, 'yes' or 'no', but he's guided by me. That's why I'm in charge. But he's not going to sell someone and then give me someone else who'll weaken the team. That'd be ridiculous."

 

When it was pointed out that this is what happened to Kevin Keegan in August regarding James Milner, Kinnear baulked: "But that was what, £12m?" The implication was that everyone has a price, though that would be a contradiction of his assertion that Owen is staying in January. It is a fog of confusion.

 

Newcastle's impermanence under Ashley feels more permanent by the day. The alleged original £240m asking price is said to have been cut by £40m and yet still no one is buying. "The climate's changed, the climate's changed," Kinnear repeated. He was not discussing global warming.

 

His thoughts are focused on defenders and combative midfielders. West Ham's Matthew Upson and Blackburn's Stephen Warnock are on Kinnear's wish-list. "I'm still looking at centre-halves," Kinnear said. "And midfielders – big and aggressive, box- to-box, Vieira, Roy Keane-esque. There aren't many but there's a few. I wrote down four and any one of those four would do the trick. Two abroad, two here, already made one offer, he's well aware of that, he's in England."

 

Despite the thinness of Newcastle's squad, Kinnear also said he would accept outgoings – under certain conditions. "If we can get like-for-like then I'll lose one. We've gone down that road already but I got a knock-back. If we'd got John Arne Riise in – he's changed his mind – then I could have done something with [Jose] Enrique. Riise's got back in the team at Roma and his agent has told us that he's happy to stay until the end of the season. I want them now really."

 

What Enrique thinks of this remains to be heard. Sam Allardyce paid £6.3m for him and a five-year deal was signed 17 months ago. Enrique came from Villarreal, he was nicknamed The Bull.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...ne-1065966.html

 

its hard to even know where to fucking start here!

 

Stressing that he has the first and final word on recruitment and sales, Kinnear began: "Mike [Ashley] does not have a say." Challenged on this he replied: "He'll have a say, 'yes' or 'no', but he's guided by me. That's why I'm in charge. But he's not going to sell someone and then give me someone else who'll weaken the team. That'd be ridiculous.

Do you or dont you Joe? make your mind up in the same interview ffs.

 

Despite the thinness of Newcastle's squad, Kinnear also said he would accept outgoings – under certain conditions. "If we can get like-for-like then I'll lose one. We've gone down that road already but I got a knock-back. If we'd got John Arne Riise in – he's changed his mind – then I could have done something with [Jose] Enrique. Riise's got back in the team at Roma and his agent has told us that he's happy to stay until the end of the season. I want them now really."

 

What Enrique thinks of this remains to be heard. Sam Allardyce paid £6.3m for him and a five-year deal was signed 17 months ago. Enrique came from Villarreal, he was nicknamed The Bull.

Ffs so thats Enrique pissed off now, even if the bloke is shite, Joe shouldnt be pointing the fact out in interviews.

 

 

This man is a friggin liability, he really is.

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His thoughts are focused on defenders and combative midfielders. West Ham's Matthew Upson and Blackburn's Stephen Warnock are on Kinnear's wish-list. "I'm still looking at centre-halves," Kinnear said. "And midfielders – big and aggressive, box- to-box, Vieira, Roy Keane-esque. There aren't many but there's a few. I wrote down four and any one of those four would do the trick. Two abroad, two here, already made one offer, he's well aware of that, he's in England."

 

Could Barton fullfil this type of role? rather than playing two defensively minded midfielders (1 who gives away free kickers on the edge of the box, game after game)

[Hadrian 0]

bloody hell , we have been screaming out for a creative midfielder for 3 seasons now . and joe wants a box to box bruiser ? WTF !!!

 

what the fuck they done to my club

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"He's not going to sell someone and then give me someone else who'll weaken the team. That'd be ridiculous."