Kinnear extending Toon stay

Interim manager to set to extend contract

Last updated: 24th October 2008

Joe Kinnear

Kinnear: On rolling contract

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Interim Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear has revealed he is to sign a new one-month contract as efforts to sell the club continue.

Kinnear's original deal was due to expire at the end of October, but the 61-year-old will extend his stay on Tyneside until November by agreeing a rolling deal.

The former Wimbledon and Nottingham Forest manager's stay at Newcastle was scheduled to conclude after Tuesday's clash with West Brom but, with Mike Ashley still to find a new owner, Kinnear will stay on for a little longer.

Rolling contract

"I will be signing a new contract, but it will be for another month," said Kinnear.

"It's a monthly situation because I know they are in talks - who with, I have no idea - but they are in talks and what they are doing, it is just like a rolling contract, one month after another month, and then take it from there.

"During the week, there were three or four managers mentioned. Gerard Houllier - there were so many, I lost count. Sven-Goran Eriksson was in there as well.

"I don't know, really. There are so many consortiums. My missus rang me and said, 'There's a new one come in tonight'.

"It's amazing the coverage they are getting because when I was down in London, you got a little bit about Newcastle.

"I have never seen a back-page lead in the Evening Standard, when you have got Chelsea, Arsenal and all the other clubs, until now."

Kinnear, who has helped Newcastle to two battling draws in their last two games, says he is enjoying being back in management.

"I love it. It's the best thing I have ever done, it really is," added Kinnear.

"I have tried on numerous occasions to get myself back in. All the interviews that I'd had, I had asked if I could just make a statement and have them to listen to what I had to say.

"But it was, 'How's your heart?', 'How's your medical situation?', so really, I was written off, to be honest.

Fantastic opportunity
"This is a fantastic opportunity for me to let everybody know I am back in the business.

"If it's not to be at Newcastle, I understand that, if Kevin [Keegan] is on his way back.

"But you never know what will happen to me, if I do a good job here, where it is going to take me.

"I have got to make sure a do a really great job here for the short period of time I am here."