Newcastle United boss Joe Kinnear wants to bring Roma fullback John Arne Riise back to England.

The Times says Toon have recently had Stephen Warnock, the Blackburn Rovers left back, watched and Riise, the former Liverpool player who is now at Roma, is another possible addition. Both men were targets of Kevin Keegan, the previous manager.

Kinnear said: "We need two players in as soon as possible and I have them in mind.

"One is with Roma and he is not in the team at the moment and the other is a player who has already scored against us this season. I know their agents and they would be loan deals from January until the end of the season. I already know that the player in Rome would cost us £2million to bring him over here. But we need to strengthen the team and the squad."