Source: PA
Pardew dismisses takeover talk
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has dismissed the constant stream of speculation surrounding the club to concentrate on the task of securing its Barclays Premier League status.
During his short spell on Tyneside to date, Pardew has quickly learnt the Magpies are rarely not a topic of conversation for one reason or another.
Pardew and his scouting team, armed with what they hope will be the lion's share of the proceeds of Andy Carroll's £35million departure for Liverpool, have already started to identify the men they believe can take the club forward, and the manager is ignoring talk of a change of ownership.
He said: "We have dismissed that quite thoroughly, I don't expect that to raise its head again.
"Mike [Ashley] has made a commitment with these long-term contracts that he wants to see a plan going forward, and that's what we will try to carry out."
