Source: FOOTYMAD
Ashley Won't Take Blame For Transfer Blunder
12) Alan Pardew said he was 100% convinced he would get a new number 9. What changed? ANSWER: IT was everyone’s desire at the club to bring in a striker. As I said in answer to a previous question, we worked hard to make that happen but ultimately couldn’t complete a deal that we’d hoped to. Alan was aware of the efforts we were making in our negotiations and as such had every right to be confident. We were making good progress on a number of fronts, but unfortunately we couldn’t get the player over the line.
