Kinnear is keen to give some competition for Jose Enrique for the left-back position and sees the 25-year-old Argentine as a good signing.
“Lucas Mareque is a player we are looking to bring in from Independiente in the January transfer window and we are trying to find out what that would entail,” Kinnear told The People.
“He is 6ft 2ins and height is something we could do with in our back four.
“We have looked at the way our own Argentinians Jonas Gutierrez and Fabricio Coloccini have settled in and we have spoken to them about Mareque and they have given us glowing reports.
“We are also monitoring the situation at Hearts with their left-back David Obua, but like a lot of other clubs we’re monitoring a lot of players.”
Newcastle have also been linked with the likes of John Arne Riise and Leighton Baines.
