But like Graeme Souness, Glenn Roeder and Kevin Keegan before him, Joe Kinnear says: "Charles N'Zogbia is not going anywhere.Kinnear Has To Sell To Buy - But N'Zogbia Is Not On His List!
But like Graeme Souness, Glenn Roeder and Kevin Keegan before him, Joe Kinnear says: "Charles N'Zogbia is not going anywhere.Kinnear: "He is still part of my plans and he still has a future at this football club, and talk of me granting him a transfer is not only incorrect, it is absolute rubbish.
"My aim, whatever time I have here, is to build up our squad and not to get rid our any of our first team players.
"And speaking personally, I do not like to be told via the media that one of my players wants to leave.
"If Charles N'Zogbia - or anyone else for that matter - has a problem, they should come to see me first.
"I have only been here a short time, but in that time, I have found out that this is a great football club with wonderful fans, and they deserve better than this.
"N'Zogbia was happy to sign a five-year contract just 14 months ago at, I am told, improved terms, and he should honour it."