Definetely 'sell to buy' imo. He might get a little bit of leeway seeing as he's Ashley's mate, but I doubt he'll get any more net spend than Hughton will have had.
If Pardew's name has been circulated so that whichever second-rate manager is appointed sounds better by comparison then Mike has made a master stroke.
Hey, anything's possible!
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Ryan from EE
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