Newcastle's awful season took another turn for the worse as boss Joe Kinnear accused Charles N'Zogbia of trying to engineer a move away from the Magpies.

The French midfielder, 22, was unhappy Kinnear mis-pronounced his name, calling him "Insomnia", in an interview after the Manchester City defeat.  

And N'Zogbia reportedly said he would never play for the club under Kinnear.

"Sadly, this just smacks of a desperate attempt to engineer a move away from Newcastle United," said the manager.