Joe Kinnear on Tuesday resigned as Newcastle’s director of football, less than eight months after his controversial appointment by Magpies owner Mike Ashley.Kinnear’s job was to identify new talent for coach Alan Pardew, but Kinnear left the job after only making a single permanent addition to the squad: teenage prospectOlivier Kemen from Metz. Strikers Loic Remy and Luuk de Jong were also added to the squad on loan during Kinnear’s time.