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September 9th, 2011 | 32 Comments |

Pardew talks about transfer window failures.
Upset on the day
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew finally breaks his silence about the club’s failures in the 2012 summer transfer window.

Well, it had to happen. Pardew’s silence had to break at some point about the club’s inability to recruit a striker in seven months. He begins by stating the obvious:

“With the time scale we had, we should have got a striker.”

Geddaway! Pardew continues:

“But there are difficulties in today’s market, especially with young strikers who have got potential. That’s what we were targeting and that’s the hardest type of player to get.

“The board found it very difficult and went up some paths that were dead ends. I’m disappointed because it would have made the jigsaw complete.

“I’ll be the first to admit I was upset on the day, and the day after and the day after that. But that’s me done now.” (more…)