Toon to be without boss Kinnear for two months as Joe has heart surgery

11 February 2009 11:55
Newcastle [LNB]boss Joe Kinnear will be forced to take at least two months off from football after he undergoes heart bypass surgery later today.[LNB] No stress for a while: Joe Kinnear (right) won't be coaching until mid-April[LNB] But the Magpies - who have handed temporary control of first-team affairs to coaches Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood - are refusing to rule out Kinnear making a permanent return to the St James's Park hotseat.[LNB] Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear needs heart operation[LNB]HATCHET MAN: Newcastle prove how to get it wrong even when they are saying sorry[LNB]Owner Ashley is man to steer Newcastle out of trouble, insists Llambias[LNB]NEWCASTLE UNITED FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB[LNB][LNB]Kinnear himself is keen to continue in top-flight management, despite an enforced sabbatical which will rule him out until at least mid-April.[LNB]It is the third time ill-health has kept Kinnear out of the game.[LNB]In 1999 he stood down as manager of Wimbledon following a heart attack and in 2001 he quit as director of football at Oxford United because of illness but became Luton manager soon afterwards fuelling speculation that he had simply been unhappy at not being given full control at Oxford. [LNB] [LNB]  

Source: Daily_Mail