Pardew: “Ireland can be a big factor for us in the second part of this season”

February 1st, 2011 | 102 Comments |

Having spent yesterday largely concentrating on the Andy Carroll debacle, I thought I’d bring you up to date this morning with all the exciting players Newcastle have bought with their newly-banked £35m.

However, try as I might, I couldn’t find any.

The club have however completed a deal for Stephen Ireland, who joins on loan until the end of the season. The move has only been described as ‘temporary’ and nothing has been said about any arrangements to take the player on a permanent basis if the loan period is a success, although I would be surprised if no such possibility exists.

Alan Pardew had this to say about the loan:

“Stephen has shown over the past few seasons that he’s a real top player so we’re really pleased to have got him until the end of the season. (more…)