Park Life 71 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan held crisis talks with owner Mike Ashley at the weekend and told him he cannot guarantee Premier League football at St James' Park next season. Ashley is worried about the growing spectre of relegation and met Keegan in the wake of Saturday's 1-0 defeat by Blackburn. The former England head coach said he was unable to offer Ashley guarantees that he would guide the club to safety just six weeks after being handed a three-year contract as Sam Allardyce's replacement. Keegan is believed to have blamed the failure to sign any players during the January transfer window and a difficult fixture list. Keegan's demoralised squad face tough trips to Liverpool and the in-form Birmingham. Keegan is yet to taste victory in his second spell at Newcastle and has picked up just two points in seven matches. It is a run that leaves his side three points above the relegation zone. "We have the players and know-how to get out of it," Keegan said. "It is a test but the Premier League is a test from fixture one to 38 or 39 in the future. You need 40 points to stay up and you can't even be sure about that. We are not safe yet by no means." Newcastle chairman Chris Mort, who runs the club on Ashley's behalf, gave Keegan a vote of confidence yesterday. "Clearly Kevin wants to turn the results around and that is what he has come to do so that aspect is disappointing but it will come," Mort said. "Kevin has got the players playing very well and I'm sure the results will follow. Are the board 100 per cent behind KK? Yes, of course they are. He has come into a club where we changed the manager in the middle of the season because it wasn't going well. We were playing poorly and results reflected that. Kevin came in knowing it was going to be a difficult job to turn the club around but that is something he is working on. Edited February 3, 2009 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawan 0 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 So old that you had to post it twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKev 0 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I thought this were bad times, but now it's even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 And it can get even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKev 0 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 And it can get even worse. It will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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