Suggesting Kinnear is telling the truth ... and GUTTING Newcastle fans who believed Mike Ashley had no option but to appoint Alan Shearer as boss.
Kinnear arrived on Tyneside last September in the wake of Kevin Keegan's departure.
The Magpies won four of the 20 games for which he was in charge before he succumbed to heart problems hours before a 3-2 Barclays Premier League victory at West Brom.
Kinnear needed further surgery, which ruled him out for the rest of the season, and Newcastle won just once more in their final 13 league fixtures, the last eight of them under caretaker boss Alan Shearer.
Apparently Ashley did not once mention Shearer during Kinnear's meeting with Derek Llambias.
Kinnear: "I haven't discussed Alan Shearer at all any time.
"I was definitely offered the job a couple of weeks ago.
"I sat down and spoke in depth to (club chairman) Derek Llambias and the offer was a two-year contract.
"It is an on-going situation.
"They are trying their hardest to sell it and anyone who has suggested they are buying it have not come up with the goods.
"The first consortium that does Mike will sell but it has got to be at the price he wants."