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.
ALAN PARDEWI 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.
ALAN PARDEWThursday night games are difficult to contend with given the level of physicality we deal with in the Premier League.
ALAN PARDEWI 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.
ALAN PARDEWI didn’t listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn’t let it enter my brain.
ALAN PARDEWI would not want to be the Europa League in the current format, that’s for sure.
ALAN PARDEWFinishing 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.
ALAN PARDEWYou have to have tactical plans to get a deal over the line.
ALAN PARDEWUntil 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.
ALAN PARDEWYou feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said.
ALAN PARDEWI tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.
ALAN PARDEWYou 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.
ALAN PARDEWI 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 PARDEWWhen you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
ALAN PARDEWYou always have to have faith in your own abilities and that has to be evident to your players.
ALAN PARDEWWe struggled with it at Newcastle and we were not alone in that among the English clubs.
ALAN PARDEWIf you’ve had a bad experience with an agent, you have to move past it.
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