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 PARDEWYou have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
More Alan Pardew Quotes
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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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It’s probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.
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It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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Amid all the negativity at Newcastle, we achieved some great things.
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I have had situations in the past when you are close to signing a player and the money involved switches from euros to pounds to dollars. It is a difficult process, but one we have to work with.
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You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
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It’s important that top clubs don’t lose sight of the fact that it’s the English Premier League and English players should be involved.
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I tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.
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We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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You are bound to want a player at some stage who is represented by this guy and you will have to try to work around the personality of the agent.
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Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger.
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If you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.
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It’s almost like he has Dr. Who’s Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)
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The one thing I hate about other managers is waffle that is nowhere near the truth. I would never conduct myself like that.
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I would not want to be the Europa League in the current format, that’s for sure.
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