Enrique definitely wants out says Pardew as Neil Taylor pursuit goes cold.
Posted on July 13th, 2011 | 44 Comments |
Alan Pardew has now confirmed that Left back, Jose Enrique, is refusing to sign a new deal at the club.
Meanwhile, Newcastle United’s pursuit of Swansea’s Neil Taylor, who was, reputedly, being lined up as a replacement for ‘El Toro’ seems ever more doubtful as the Swans’ manager, Brendan Rogers claims that Taylor is “very very close” to signing a new deal at the club.
Speaking of the Enrique contract imbroglio after seeming breakdown in previously reported showdown talks on a new contract, Newcastle United manager, Alan Pardew said this:
“He’s made it pretty clear that he still won’t sign a contract and that his future may be elsewhere.
“I’m not really comfortable with that, but we will have to deal with it.”
However Pardew refused to give up hope completely on keeping the player at the club adding:
“We are still hoping that he signs a contract with us.
“There has to be doubt over that situation.”
On Neil Taylor signing a new deal with the Swans rather than making the move to Tyneside, Swansea City’s manager had this to say:
“There’s absolutely no question, he’s very, very close to a new deal.
“There’s been a lot of stuff written about Neil and I felt really, really sorry for him.
“Of course the interest from a club of the status of Newcastle United, and of course the wages also, I can understand maybe a young player having his head turned towards that.
“None of it has come from him and we’ve had lots of conversations over the ‘phone, because we were in various parts of the world, over the course of the summer.
“He always made it clear that this is where he wanted to be and eventually him and I had a good face-to-face conversation last week.”
When asked what would happen if Enrique did leave the club in a recent interview for BBC Radio Newcastle, Pardew did suggest that there was a backup plan saying:
“Well of course, you know it would be foolish of us not to have a backup plan, which we have, and that will kick into operation if Jose does leave.”
However he didn’t say whether this would be signing of Taylor, the elevation of young winger and leftback, Shane Ferguson, who has recently moved his kitbag in with the first team squad at the club’s Benton training ground after a few impressive cameos with the big lads last term, or the signing of another player entirely.
a love jose hes class but no 1 to good for the club let him go bt bring in sum1 that is half decent not a player worth 1 million and get a good striker ha