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Joe Kinnear’s not the only one who gets in a tangle when it comes to the names of Newcastle players.

Papiss Cisse’s sponsors Nike have unwittingly put the boot into the striker in an ­embarrassing gaffe.

Cisse, already having a ­pre-season to forget after his refusal to wear the club’s Wonga shirt , took a turn for the worse when he unwrapped his new pair of personalised £160 ­Hypervenom boots – to find ‘Sisse’ embossed on them.

The striker soon became the butt of dressing room jokes from team-mates, who are more used to director of football Kinnear mixing up their names.

(Image: Matthew Lewis)

Posting a picture of the offending footwear on his Twitter site, Toon pal Sammy Ameobi said: “Well, that’s awkward.”

The 28-year-old hopes to have the correct spelling of his name on the boots when he makes his first ­appearance of the season in tonight’s friendly at Scottish side St Mirren.

Cisse missed the club’s Portuguese training camp in the row over the new strip, claiming it compromised his Muslim religious beliefs.