Leeds United boss
Dennis Wise will be offered a role in Newcastle's coaching
set-up.
Leeds refused to comment on
speculation linking Wise with a job under Kevin Keegan, who
returned for a second spell as Magpies manager earlier this
month.
Keegan held talks with Alan
Shearer last week, but the former Newcastle hero has declined to
return to St James' Park as his assistant.
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The 41-year-old has guided his
team into play-off contention in League One despite them starting
the season on minus 15 points.
That penalty followed their
going into administration last season and being relegated, and
money remains tight at Elland Road.
A Leeds spokesperson would
only say: "We don't comment on speculation.
"We have an important game at
Southend on Tuesday, and Dennis is preparing his team for
that."
It has been reported on
Tyneside that Newcastle are confident of recruiting Wise if they
can agree compensation with Leeds.
But Wise is a close friend of
Leeds chairman Ken Bates, who will fight tooth and nail to keep the
former Chelsea midfielder at Elland Road.
Bates lost assistant manager
Gus Poyet to Tottenham earlier in the season.
A win at Roots Hall on Tuesday
could lift Leeds to second in the table.
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