Kinnear ‘won’t be missed by fans’

Joe Kinnear “will not be missed” after resigning as Newcastle director of football, fans’ groups claim.

Kinnear left the club on Monday night after barely seven months in his role without making a single permanent signing.

Fans had reacted to his initial appointment with incredulity and to his relative lack of activity since — and in particular his failure to replace the Paris St Germain-bound Yohan Cabaye last week — with fury.