Toon boss Kinnear could be Director of Football

Mar 29 2009 by Neil Farrington, Sunday Sun

United still believe their manager will be back to help fight relegation this season — Kinnear took the lead role in picking the team to face Arsenal last Saturday.

Meanwhile, despondent executive box holders at Newcastle are being offered an extra year at St James’s Park free.

United’s managing director Derek Llambias is dangling that carrot in front of corporate fans as part of a charm offensive to prevent them from abandoning the club.

Ashley also plans to meet with supporters as Newcastle bid to head off a big drop in season-ticket sales.

And he is also preparing to do an TV interview with Sky Sports as United acknowledge their failure to communicate properly with fans.

Elsewhere, the two youngsters who we revealed last week had travelled from Slovakia for a trial at Newcastle have returned home.

And United have been accused of making a derisory offer for one of them, Brazilian defender Dionatan Nascimento.

“For sure, we will not accept peanuts for our players.” blasted Allen Bula, head of football development at Nascimento’s club MFK Kosice.

And a source close to the potential deal for the 16-year-old Brazilian said last night: “What Newcastle offered wouldn’t buy a decent Skoda.”

But although Nascimento’s club-mate Lubomir Korijkov has also gone back to Slovakia, United will keep an eye on his progress.