Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear has confirmed the club failed in a move to bring former Liverpool star John Arne Riise back from Roma to the Premier League. "If we can get like-for-like then I'll lose one," admitted Kinnear in the Daily Mirror. "We've gone down that road already but I got a knock-back.

"John Arne Riise changed his mind, but if we'd got him in then I could have done something with Enrique.

"Riise's got back in the team at Roma and his agent has told us that he's happy to stay until the end of the season. I want them now, really."