i'd imagine, like most clubs, it's a mixture of both.
Pardew will talk to the players and Mike, I highly doubt he has any say on the final transfer fee like, that will be discussed between the chairman/owner or the clubs.
Golfmag said Pardew's contract outlined that he must thin the wages (or be a front whilst they thin the wages) or summat like that, him actualy recieving money from transfers is just a whole new level though. Mikes the one who does the buisness, not Pardew.
All that does is let the whole country know how fucking thick you are, they patently are not bigger than Villa, it's pointless trying to kid themselves.
Apparently Scored 8 league goals since the end of january as well, hardly not scoring in the championship.
Aye all his 8 goals have come this year (according to Wiki), shades of Andy Carroll coming to life in the second half of the season.
Seriously, if he scored 10-15 goals a season and did his fair share bullying defenses he'd be a top Premiership striker. If he manages to grab 20+ a season then he'll be bordering on world class.
He'll probably not even be up to former yet, but theres no doubt he has a LOT of potential, calling the lad 'overated' at this stage is absolute madness.
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Has nowt to do with the conversation at hand like, I just wanted to post it.