Asked if he was pleased by Kinnear's appointment, Given replied: "Pleased? No. I mean, the club is still up for sale and we haven't got a permanent manager so I wouldn't say pleased.
"It's going somewhere I suppose, but I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing to be honest.
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"I don't know what to say, where to start, but in an ideal world, we'd like the club sorted out and a permanent manager.
"Joe Kinnear is just to oversee things until we get one. It is not an ideal situation I don't think.
"We don't know as players what is happening really but there is just a lot of uncertainty around the club and it's not helping anyone.
"I didn't want to see him (Kevin Keegan) leave so that kind of answers that question.
"But it depends on who takes over and all that stuff.
"Who are going to be the new owners and if they want him back, but no-one wanted to see him leave in the first place.
"We've got a big game to come and that's what we are trying to focus on. It is a massive game for everyone.
"It doesn't matter if the new manager, or even the new owner, comes in next week, nothing can be done until January regarding the size of the squad so we can't do anything about the group of players in there at the minute. We have to focus on Blackburn and the games coming up and that's what we will do."