You don't need me to go over the same ground, how Pardew said last season "Thank God Newcastle are not in Europe!", but it is certainly backfiring when trying to bring in new faces.
Top players WANT European football - PERIOD!
United must switch their strike target attentions elsewhere after being rocked by a double transfer setback.
The Magpies saw their hopes of signing Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Michel Lasogga end yesterday after both players snubbed the club.
German Under-21 international Lasogga completed a move to Bundesliga side Hamburg, while Lyon frontman Lacazette wants to move to a side either playing Champions League football or on the verge of it.
United’s hunt for striking reinforcements to replace Loic Remy, Luuk de Jong and Shola Ameobi – a trio who won’t be returning to the club in the summer – goes on.