Newcastle United are set to abandon their short-lived experiment with a director of football after Joe Kinnear’s calamitous second spell at St James’ Park.
Mike Ashley, the club’s owner, Alan Pardew, his manager, and Graham Carr, the chief scout, have met to consider their transfer policy for this summer and beyond, but there have been “no discussions” about replacing Kinnear.
Ashley first broached the possibility of introducing a sporting director role last season, but his summer appointment of Kinnear proved destabilising and contentious, the former Newcastle manager failing to complete a single permanent signing over the course of two transfer windows.
It was on his watch that Yohan Cabaye was sold to Paris Saint- Germain for a fee well below Ashley’s £25 million valuation for