The newspaper reports: "Kinnear could be on the verge of making his first signing as Newcastle United manager after Glasgow Rangers slashed their asking price for midfielder Barry Ferguson to just £3m."
The skipper of the Scottish national side has played more than 300 league games for Rangers and Blackburn Rovers, as well as 44 games for his country, and is one of the top earners in Scottish football on £40,000-a-week.