Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear has admitted he is not confident about persuading Michael Owen to sign a new contract.

The 61-year-old will sit down with his captain and a series of other soon-to-be out-of-contract players on Tuesday to put offers to them, but he is well aware that the England international will have options.

Kinnear said: "I'm not confident, to be honest. I'm going to sit down with Michael on Tuesday. I'm pretty confident about everybody else, but Michael is a different kettle of fish.

"He is looking at his options, I assume, but I won't go into those details until Tuesday."