He wants to pair Marlon King with his former Coventry City strike partner Best.
King is due to have a medical and finalise terms at St Andrews today after apparently doing a u-turn on Coventry City's contract offer.
The Toon rate Best at around £3m but Birmingham hope to be able to agree a loan deal for the former Sky Blues star, who left the Ricoh Arena last year.
I doubt very much if Pardew will accept a loan deal.
He would take the £3m ... but how would Newcastle benefit from a loan deal?
Thanks for all who entered the recent Footymad poker tournaments, which were overall a great success.
We are going to be running one final End Of Season freeroll tournament for players from all 11 sites who have taken part so far, with a prize pot of $3,000 next Monday night (13th at 8pm UK time, 3pm EST)
There are no passwords this time, players who registered using your tracking code last time will be able to enter, as will anyone registering and depositing using your tracking code again.
Give me a shout if you have any questions.
A 'THANK YOU' TO FOOTYMAD READERS ...
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