Alan Pardew

Yeah, he will.

Because he's done terrific there.

So this is the problem.

Who is he going to get over the line that is going to bring them kind of stats back to this football club?

Because you're taking a big, big hole out of the team.

And he's going to have to work very, very hard with his chief executive to get two or three players over the line.

Well, they're very difficult, and particularly in the market where Neymar's transfer has made everything look ridiculous.

It's inflated a lot, isn't it?

Yeah, because I was looking this morning at Coutinho's bid.

Was it $114 million or something?

If someone had said that at the start of the window before Neymar, you'd have gone, wow, they're going to have to sell him for that.

But now we're saying, oh, no, we're not selling at $114 million.

It really is like... And it's filtering down.

So...

West Brom have got a lot of business to do, Crystal Palace have got business to do, Swansea have got business to do, and they're all scratching around for very similar players, and the agents are all kind of putting the prices up, and it's very, very difficult.

Well, they're also going to look at the amount they've sold Sigurdsson for, £45 million.

I mean, that inflates the prices again, doesn't it?

Considering his age, it is, yeah.

You know, although everybody knows what a terrific player he is, he is at an age where, you know, you're not going to get that back, you know, somewhere down the line.

You're not going to sell him in two or three years for half that, I don't think.