Rob Lee: “I speak to Alan every day and he’s frustrated to say the least.
“He’s coming to the end of his tether now. He’s waited for ages and been told that things were due to happen but nothing has and he’s very frustrated.
“He organised all the preseason games but he also had targets in mind that he wanted to bring in to the club but now it looks like he will miss out on them.
"I’m amazed he hasn’t already told Newcastle that he doesn’t want the job anymore but there will come a point where he says: ‘You’re too late.’
“He still wants the job desperately but you can’t expect someone like that to wait forever.
"He’s not daft and they’ve had ample time to sort something out."