The news comes after he watched his team take a point away from Stamford Bridge on a day which had been put in the diary for a decision regarding his future to be made.

The 61 year old is currently serving as Interim manager is the absence of a permanent replacement for Kevin Keegan while Mike Ashley tries to sell the club, however he is currently the bookies favourite to be given a permanent contract.

Kinnear confirm his extended stay:

"I have been informed that I am here for another month and that will bring us up to the transfer window.

The deal was to be in charge until the club was sold and nothing has changed since then to be honest."

Kinnear has already hinted that he has a plan in place for the January transfer window and if indeed he is in post past Christmas it is likely he will be looking to action that plan.

He said earlier in the week:

"I have already got my shortlist ready and I will be giving it to Mike. We need two players in as soon as possible, and I have them in mind.

One is with Roma and he is not in the team at the moment. The other is a player who has already scored against us this season. I know their agents and what they would be is loan deals from January until the end of the season. I already know the player in Rome would cost us £2million to bring over here.

We need to strengthen the team and the squad, and if we can get them, they would be a big boost because both are top-class players."

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