Newcastle United's owner Mike Ashley (L) speaks with Director of Football Joe Kinnear during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Hull City at St James' Park in Newcastle, northern England, September 21, 2013. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis
(Reuters) - Newcastle United's controversial director of football Joe Kinnear has quit seven months into a three-year deal after his second spell at the Premier League club in which they made no permanent signings for the first-team squad.
Kinnear, 67, had come under fire after Newcastle, who were thrashed 3-0 at home by local rivals Sunderland in the league on Saturday, did not buy any new players in the January transfer window and lost playmaker Yohan Cabaye to Paris St Germain.
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