Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Kinnear keen for N'Zogbia to stay

Charles N'Zogbia
N'Zogbia has made nine starts for Newcastle this season.

Newcastle interim boss Joe Kinnear says midfielder Charles N'Zogbia will not be leaving the club in the January transfer window.

The 22-year-old, who joined Newcastle from Le Havre in September 2004, has been linked with a move back to his native France with Paris St Germain.

"He is still part of my plans and he still has a future at this football club," said Kinnear.

"Talk of me granting a transfer is not only incorrect, it's absolute rubbish."

N'Zogbia, who signed a five-year deal at St James' Park in September 2007, has made 142 appearances for the Magpies, 39 of them as a substitute.

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Although originally signed as a winger, N'Zogbia has been used both in midfield and at left-back by Newcastle this season.

Kinnear said he wanted to keep his first-team squad intact in January.

"My aim whatever time I have here is to build up our squad and not to get rid our any of our first-team players," he said.

Kinnear has submitted a list of transfer targets to Newcastle executive director Dennis Wise, but has admitted that he will have to sell players before he can buy.

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