Newcastle United boss Kevin Keegan insists he's in charge of all signings.

Despite the appointments of Dennis Wise and Jeff Vetere to a restructured football staff, Keegan told the Sunday Sun: "The final say is 100 per cent mine, absolutely 100 per cent. Not even 99 per cent.

"All that Dennis and Jeff are saying to me is: 'We've gone to watch this player, we think you should get over to watch him.'"

But Keegan added: "Very few of the players we're looking at the moment with regards to the future won't be being looked at by other clubs as well.

"If you've got good players performing well in other leagues, do you think Man Utd don't know about them and Liverpool don't know? We're all looking in the same areas.

"The good news is we've got a pretty good scouting system now and we're watching a lot of games.

"But it will come down to finance and players' choice and you've got to be realistic.

"If a top-class player elsewhere in the world has a chance to move to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Juventus . . . they're going to be the first choices for these players.

"We've got to accept that we may not get any of those players - yet - because we can't offer them things the likes of Chelsea can, either financially or in terms of Champions League experience."