Kinnear caught in truth shocker!

So Kinnear wasn't telling porkies about Gomis... It seems as though I may have underestimated our "friend" Joe Kinnear in light of recent events.

Up until now I had thought that he was just an old guy, eccentric, out of touch and with a massive gob on him that he was unable to control.

In truth I still think the same way and I'm unsure if him holding the position of Director of Football will ever work out, but to be fair to him he has actually been speaking a bit of truth regarding this window's protracted transfer target (we seem to have one every window!) which is of course Bafetimbi Gomis.

The other day Kinnear gave an interview basically saying that the goalposts keep being shifted regarding the deal and things keep changing due to the involvement of other people. Given the way our incoming transfer dealings can be drawn out I (like many perhaps?) took this statement as a signal of us just messing Gomis and Lyon about and trying to look busy rather than actually being busy.

However reports in France, from Lyon in fact, seem to back Joe Kinnear up. Seemingly Marseille have been reported for trying to disrupt the deal between Gomis and Newcastle despite the fact that the Lyon owner wants Gomis to come to Newcastle and has accepted our bid.

So maybe I've been too hard on Joe?

Time will tell on that one but time is something that is running out in this window and with no resolution in sight is it not perhaps now time to move down the list of striking options rather than wasting time on a deal that looks to be on the verge of collapse?

Maybe things will get sorted, maybe they won't. All I care about is seeing the squad strengthened and everything I read or hear about Gomis seems to suggest that we're some way away from achieving that with this deal.

Time to move on or not?