Newcastle hate-figure Kinnear back – fans fume, boss silent

Manager Alan Pardew refuses to lend his support to new director of football after radio interview shambles

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NEWCASTLE UNITED have finally confirmed that Joe Kinnear is returning to the club, a day after he incensed fans with a bizarre radio interview in which he got the names of several players wrong and said he was more intelligent than the St James' Park faithful.

The club's statement lacked any input from manager Alan Pardew. He will now be expected to work under Kinnear, who has been given the title director of football, prompting fears that the move could prove as divisive within the club as it has been outside it.

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