Kevin Nolan has apparently spoken of his fury at Magpies manager Alan Pardew for not trying harder to prevent him leaving St James’ Park.
A source close to Nolan told The News of the World: "Kevin is disappointed with Alan Pardew.
"Kevin is especially disappointed because he made a point of supporting the manager when he first arrived at Newcastle.
"He thinks Pardew paid lip-service to keeping him at Newcastle.
"He feels let down and he's furious with his former manager. Kev expected him to try harder to keep him at the club during contract talks.
"The incentives they wanted put in Kev's contract were all about how high up the league table Newcastle finished.
"They are managers' clauses, not players'. If they'd wanted him to be manager, they should have given him the job.
"It was a very difficult time for Alan Pardew to take over and the support of the club captain was crucial.
"He needed Kevin Nolan on board and Kevin made sure the dressing room moved forward with the new manager.
"When the crunch came, the manager did not reciprocate the support and that was very disappointing.
"Kevin was a big character who helped him settle in and that was forgotten."
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