Alan Pardew: “Sometimes, like with all transfer conversations, there are certain conflicts about positions and conflicts about certain types of player and it’s very important the chief executive (or managing director as Charnley is) makes those calls right.
“Some might favour the younger player – maybe for the future of the club, not the immediate use of the manager – but the immediate problems for the manager is the priority and he understands that. I think he gets that right.
“You look at Man City what’s underneath, you look at Chelsea what’s underneath – they have something like 27 players on loan. That’s bigger than my squad!
“They’ve had it for six, seven, eight years, Chelsea ten or so.
“It’s a worry, particularly for a club like this – how do we get to the next level? How do we impact on them? That’s a big question for us in the summer.
“We have to be even shrewder in our transfer recruitment. We have to be clever with how we utilise players."