Why Did Wise Say: 'Keegan Has The Last Word'?
Yet the former England striker insists that he did not have a problem working under executive director (football) Dennis Wise but did object to having players bought and sold without his knowledge.
Wise said after his appointment back in February that Keegan would have the final say on key decisions, yet it turned out not to be the case.
Executive director (football) Dennis Wise said after his appointment that Newcastle's transfer policy would be that: "He (Keegan) has the final word, no one else."
Richard Bevan, chief executive of the League Managers' Association, has spent much of the last week working with Keegan.
He told The Sun: "It's never been an issue that he wouldn't work with a director of football.
"But it has always been the case that the director of football could not impose a player that the manager didn't want.
"Dennis Wise said himself when he took the job in February that everything would be run past Kevin and he would say yes or no. That didn't happen.
"Kevin's chief complaint, among others, is that it was always agreed that the director of football could not impose a player that the manager did not want. This agreement has been broken.
"The chairman at the time of Kevin's appointment, the director of football and the owner have confirmed previously in public meetings and publications, that he would always have the final say."