Newcastle United winger Jonas Gutierrez says the players want Joe Kinnear to stay in charge for the rest of the season.

"I think he is a great boss. We have to listen to him, to do what he wants and to be with him as long as he is here," he told The Journal.

"We don't know what will happen but for us it would be very good if we had a manager until the end of the season. It's good for the team to have a manager that will finish the season but we don't know what will happen. What I have to do is play football and play as well as I can for the manager that we have now."