ALAN Pardew says Newcastle United will look to sign another striker in the summer â after ruling out a move for Geordie Danny Graham. Boyhood Newcastle fan Graham yesterday signed for Sunderland in a £5m deal. While Pardew is an admirer of the Gateshead-born player, the 27-year-old wasnât on the clubâs transfer window shopping list. Newcastleâs No1 target was Loic Remy, who chose to join struggling Queens Park Rangers at the 11th hour after being offered an eye-watering contract at Loftus Road, with United instead making the lower-key acqusition of Bordeaux forward Yoan Gouffran. The club will look to bring in a striker in the summer, with Pardew confident he now has enough firepower at his disposal. âYou always want another striker,â Pardew told the Gazette. âI want Man Unitedâs position, (Robin) Van Persie, (Wayne) Rooney, (Javier) Hernandez and (Danny) Welbeck â that would be nice! âBut we havenât got that. When we lost out on Remy, it was pretty evident that we werenât going to get a big striker. âTheyâre pretty difficult to get over the line. âYou look around now, and nobody apart from Remy has really moved, maybe Danny Graham, but I donât think heâs at that level. I think thatâs something weâll look at in the summer.â All five of Newcastleâs signings came from France, where chief scout Graham Carr is well-connected. And Pardew believes thereâs better value to be found across the Channel, with the £1.7m acquisition of midfielder Moussa Sissoko a case in point. Owner Mike Ashley â who visited the clubâs training ground yesterday to meet the new players â is adamant that United must be self-financing. And that approach should pay off when UEFAâs Financial Fair Play rules are introduced. Newcastle transfer policy contrasts sharply with that of basement club QPR, who yesterday signed Christopher Samba on a reported £100,000-a-week contract. âFinancially, we did our business â thatâs us done,â added Pardew. âYou know how we work here. Itâs not like we are QPR, where the owner is putting in his own money. âThatâs going on. But they donât look viable, some of the deals they are doing. Weâre viable â thatâs what we do.â
Well at least we know Graham can do it in this league. Can the Foreign legion striker. Don't know him from adam.I know his name begins with a G and that's it. So I think I would take Graham over what's his name any day of the week.
Yup, Graham is above the level of goofy, super shola one and two! Cisse? He will be off for profit before too long Pardy!
with players like Perch, Williamson, Simpson Taylor etc etc..Pardew really shouldn't be talking about players not being at any level. What a complete and utter dick this man is
Cheers Pardew. If I was Danny Graham and read that id be determined to score against Newcastle and ram those comments down his throat. If I wad Oneill id print a massive copy out and put it above his kit on derby day just so its fresh in his memory. As for Newcastle, he's better than any of there strikers atm. You could only argue for Cisse
Cheers Pardew. If I was Danny Graham and read that id be determined to score against Newcastle and ram those comments down his throat. If I wad Oneill id print a massive copy out and put it above his kit on derby day just so its fresh in his memory. As for Newcastle, he's better than any of there strikers atm. You could only argue for Cisse
Where's Billy D and no more geordies comments. Surely they should be supporting Pardew given the comments they made about Danny Graham on a post I wrote earlier
Alan Pardew is an arrogant, horrible tosspot of a man. I only despise him slightly less than old saggy chops 'Arry. Let's see then Alan. Is Graham better than Goufran (yet to be proven)? Sammy Ameobi ? Shola ?
Hes just gave Danny Graham his motivation do well for us now, not that he needed any mind but especially in the derby. Danny Graham is a bit like Fletcher really in that he is unfashionable, however give them a tan and call them Juan or Marcus they would be courted by everyone. Graham will score more than Remy if hes given game time.
“You look around now, and nobody apart from Remy has really moved, maybe Danny Graham, but I don’t think he’s at that level. I think that’s something we’ll look at in the summer.” On the level of Remy....he clearly says it there. Where the hell did you get not on Newcastle's level from? Does your hatred of Pardew(haha) blind you so much?
Look at the title before spouting off. http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette....w-boy-graham-not-at-newcastle-level-1-5372650
All these comments I agree with. I don't think Pardew meant our level, although it wasn't clever leaving such an ambiguous comment for public consumption when Graham's signing has split supporters. He really isn't a very bright manager though. However Graham takes the words, it should spur him on no doubt, and I think dozy old Pardew has been a massive pudding once more. Honest, but a pudding none the less.
Because a title always means what the article says? Doesn't even have quotes in the title saying he said that...
