So who will these major signing be?
I reckon:
R Taylor
F Coloccini
After all it will be 'like' new signings....
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport...le-will-target-four-summer-signings-1-6424449
ALAN Pardew will target up to four major summer signings as he prepares to sit down with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley and plot a way forward.
The 52-year-old will send his depleted team into Premier League battle at Chelsea on Saturday after another tumultuous week on Tyneside.
The Magpies rarely do things by halves, but even by their stands, they excelled themselves by selling the best player, Yohan Cabaye, without replacing him, losing 3-0 at home to neighbours Sunderland and then witnessing the departure of controversial director of football Joe Kinnear inside six turbulent days.
The transfer window debacle, and the derby defeat proved simply too much to take for some fans, one of whom ran on to the pitch to confront Pardew, while others have signalled their intention not to renew season tickets.
However, asked what his message will be when he meets Ashley to discuss life after Kinnear, the manager said: âMy message is always the same, itâs about taking the club forward.
âWe canât stand still, we have to go forward, so it gives us an opportunity to do that.
âLetâs be honest, it was an emotional game and the fan running on the pitch with a season ticket and all that, thatâs what our fans are and they will never take that away from them.
âThey are passionate â they love the club â and the best thing I can try to do is get the best team I can out there to get results for them.
âI have no problem with that passion. It comes to the surface. There was a bit of frustration this week with season tickets going forward.
âBut two years ago, we finished fifth. This year, are eighth, and we have done a brilliant job.
âWe have lost a great player, we know that, and in the summer hopefully we can bring three or four great players in. Letâs hope so because this club deserves it.â
Pardew insisted he was âsadâ at Kinnearâs exit â a feeling which was not shared by many on Tyneside â after his reign came to an end a little more than seven months after he was appointed.
He left having made only two loan signings in as many transfer windows, and with many still wondering what his role was meant to be.
The 67-year-old did not carry out any media duties after launching a series of initial salvos â the first came before his appointment had even been officially confirmed â and with Ashley happy to take a back seat, Pardew has found himself having to shoulder that responsibility.
The role proved particularly uncomfortable in the wake of the Sunderland game when he was left to field questions about the Cabaye saga, many of which he could not answer.
Pardew said: âWell to be honest, I have probably been in that position for a long time. I have to carry that responsibility, and I have no problem with that.
âI donât want to talk about other things other than football, if I am honest, but sometimes you do and I give the best answers that I can.â
It remains to be seen whether or not Ashley decides to persist with a director of football, but if he does, Pardew insists he would have no problem with that.
He said: âThat decision is the Boardâs, but I have no problem with directors of football. In the modern game, a lot of clubs have directors of football.
âThere is so much involved in transfers in terms of the other club, agents, the preparation for the bid and the finances that are involved now that it goes way past what we used to do 10 years ago.â
I reckon:
R Taylor
F Coloccini
After all it will be 'like' new signings....
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport...le-will-target-four-summer-signings-1-6424449
ALAN Pardew will target up to four major summer signings as he prepares to sit down with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley and plot a way forward.
The 52-year-old will send his depleted team into Premier League battle at Chelsea on Saturday after another tumultuous week on Tyneside.
The Magpies rarely do things by halves, but even by their stands, they excelled themselves by selling the best player, Yohan Cabaye, without replacing him, losing 3-0 at home to neighbours Sunderland and then witnessing the departure of controversial director of football Joe Kinnear inside six turbulent days.
The transfer window debacle, and the derby defeat proved simply too much to take for some fans, one of whom ran on to the pitch to confront Pardew, while others have signalled their intention not to renew season tickets.
However, asked what his message will be when he meets Ashley to discuss life after Kinnear, the manager said: âMy message is always the same, itâs about taking the club forward.
âWe canât stand still, we have to go forward, so it gives us an opportunity to do that.
âLetâs be honest, it was an emotional game and the fan running on the pitch with a season ticket and all that, thatâs what our fans are and they will never take that away from them.
âThey are passionate â they love the club â and the best thing I can try to do is get the best team I can out there to get results for them.
âI have no problem with that passion. It comes to the surface. There was a bit of frustration this week with season tickets going forward.
âBut two years ago, we finished fifth. This year, are eighth, and we have done a brilliant job.
âWe have lost a great player, we know that, and in the summer hopefully we can bring three or four great players in. Letâs hope so because this club deserves it.â
Pardew insisted he was âsadâ at Kinnearâs exit â a feeling which was not shared by many on Tyneside â after his reign came to an end a little more than seven months after he was appointed.
He left having made only two loan signings in as many transfer windows, and with many still wondering what his role was meant to be.
The 67-year-old did not carry out any media duties after launching a series of initial salvos â the first came before his appointment had even been officially confirmed â and with Ashley happy to take a back seat, Pardew has found himself having to shoulder that responsibility.
The role proved particularly uncomfortable in the wake of the Sunderland game when he was left to field questions about the Cabaye saga, many of which he could not answer.
Pardew said: âWell to be honest, I have probably been in that position for a long time. I have to carry that responsibility, and I have no problem with that.
âI donât want to talk about other things other than football, if I am honest, but sometimes you do and I give the best answers that I can.â
It remains to be seen whether or not Ashley decides to persist with a director of football, but if he does, Pardew insists he would have no problem with that.
He said: âThat decision is the Boardâs, but I have no problem with directors of football. In the modern game, a lot of clubs have directors of football.
âThere is so much involved in transfers in terms of the other club, agents, the preparation for the bid and the finances that are involved now that it goes way past what we used to do 10 years ago.â
