Pardew already searching

04 May 2011 16:00
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has revealed his summer recruitment process is well under way. Top of Pardew's list will be attempting to tie Joey Barton, Jose Enrique and Kevin Nolan to new contracts, while the Toon boss will also hope to have a decent percentage of the £35million fee Liverpool paid for Andy Carroll in January available to spend. Pardew told the Newcastle Journal: "Yes we have (made approaches). We've made contact with a few clubs about the availability of players, I think that's important." "I haven't put a figure on it yet because it depends on the re-negotiations of players we have. "Joey, Enrique and Nolan are still outstanding and maybe others I won't mention are there that we still need to secure. "There's a lot to be done, but the process has started."

Source: PA