The former Lyon boss would have beaten Steve Bruce to the job if the club had been taken over by a consortium led by Peter Kenyon. Genesio is now in charge of Beijing Guoan, and has confirmed he came close to beating Steve Bruce to the job. Genesio told beIN SPORTS: “Everything went really quickly, because I was meant to sign with Newcastle, but the sale then fell through. “It just all went quickly. Newcastle are set for a bumper crowd approaching 50,000 once again for the visit of Manchester United on Sunday, despite winning just once in seven games this season.

Source: Daily Mirror October 01, 2019 17:15 UTC