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ROEDER SLAMS NEWCASTLE 'TRAGEDY'
Roeder - hails the club's supporters.
Kevin Keegan wants to manage Newcastle "the English way" - and that means without being saddled with a director of football, according to close friend Glenn Roeder.
Keegan's future at St James' Park remains shrouded in uncertainty after he did not turn up to take training for the third day running.
He is understood to be in discussions with club owner Mike Ashley about his future, in particular over the role that executive director Dennis Wise will have over transfer policy.
Roeder, himself a former Magpies manager and now in charge of Norwich, told the Newcastle Evening Chronicle: "All Kevin wants is to be allowed to manage Newcastle United. Or should I say manage the English way.
"It is the fashion today to use the European way of putting someone between the owner and the manager in some kind of technical director role.
"But it is always difficult for a manager when someone unknown turns up at the training ground on a Monday morning.
"It never really happened to me at Newcastle. The nearest was when Freddy Shepherd came to me and said he had agreed a £5million fee with Chelsea for Damien Duff and I went along with it because I thought it was a good move for us.
"However, I can categorically say that here at Norwich City I have had 100% control over all our transfers."
Roeder also attacked Newcastle for the revolving door policy they have had with managers in recent seasons at St James' Park.
He added: "The club is a tragedy and it goes from one disaster to another.
"There's no stability at the club and I don't think there has been for a long time. They go from one manager to another and the people who suffer the most are the most important people, the supporters.
"When they talk about Newcastle being a great club, it's only great for one reason - because it has great supporters."
