Pardew: "I think we’re close on one player which we would like to get over the line. And I can say that because he’s an international player – not someone who belongs to one of the bottom four battling relegation. There are two or three others we’re monitoring and we know what the figures are to get them over the line."
Lee Ryder is little more than a club spokesman.
Pardew has alos been quoted as saying ti will be a few weeks yet before anyone comes in.