I have to be involved in negotiations because players have to buy into me and what I want from them if they join my club, so all managers need to be fully involved in transfers, that’s for sure.
ALAN PARDEWI tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.
More Alan Pardew Quotes
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Amid all the negativity at Newcastle, we achieved some great things.
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It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success.
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I don’t like people who drain my time and energy.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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I did as well as I could at Newcastle.
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I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in the same job now.
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You always have to have faith in your own abilities and that has to be evident to your players.
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When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
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You tend to work out what makes them tick, what they respond to.
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Finishing fifth in the Premier League with a great team was a fine effort and we also got to the quarterfinals of the Europa League and nearly got past a Benfica side that went to the final.
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If you’ve seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term ‘dementors’ – people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy.
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You have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
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Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger.
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So we eradicate the ‘dementors’, encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here.
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Until that issue is addressed, no Premier League team wants to be in the Europa League. That’s the reality, even if some don’t want to admit it.
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