Newcastle chairman Chris Mort has insisted that the board are 100% behind manager Kevin Keegan.
Some Sunday newspapers suggest KK has three games to turn the club around, but Mort (who has no experience in football before the Newcastle job) says he knows a good manager when he sees one.
Mort: "The board is 100% behind Kevin, and there is no doubt or worry that he will walk away.
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"He's come into a club that wasn't playing well and was playing poorly and the results reflected that and it was always going to be difficult to turns things around.
"Clearly he wants to turn the results around and that is what he has come back to do, but it will take time.
"He is enjoying being back at Newcastle and the city is enjoying having him back.
"I'm sure when things turn around on the pitch he'll thoroughly enjoy being back at Newcastle.
"Kevin came to me and asked if we could appoint Chris Hughton.
"He made the first call to Chris and had full knowledge of it. It was Kevin's lead, Kevin's suggestion and he was keen for it to happen.
"Mike has never tried to sell the club.
"People have called us and asked us if we were interested in selling the club and the answer is always no.
"Mike is the owner of the club and he is very happy to be the owner and is not encouraging me to sell the club he still enjoys his Saturday football, obviously he'd enjoy it more if the results were better.
"He gets on with Kevin very well and still enjoys being at Newcastle."