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We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.

Alan Pardew

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.
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Club Involve Manager Need Negotiation Player Transfer Want
If you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.
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Agent Bad Experience Move Past
It’s almost like he has Dr. Who’s Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)
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Almost People Person Time Turn
When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
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Charge Club Deal Expectation High Top
You have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
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Deal Line Over Plan Tactical
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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Club English Fact Important Involve League Player Stuff
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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Around Create Dementor Encourage Eradicate People Positive Spirit Spread Team
We struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
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Alone Among Club English Newcastle Struggle
I did as well as I could at Newcastle.
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Dis Newcastle Well
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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Agent Bound Personality Player Represent Some Stage
It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that.
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They were great days, great nights at St James’ Park and I remember them with affection. Maybe they are forgotten too quickly.
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Affection Day Forgotten Great Night Quickly Remember
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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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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Thursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
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