Pardew: Knows Magpies stars will have admirers

Pardew, named Barclays Manager of the Season on Friday, picked up the likes of Yohan Cabaye, Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba on bargain deals and the Magpies have been transformed from Premier League also-rans to top-four contenders.

Pardew expects their success will lead to big-money bids for his stars this summer.

"It's impossible to restrict Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City from coming in for one of our players," he told BBC Radio Newcastle.

"We have players who are not on the salaries these top clubs can offer.

"The one security I have is that (owner) Mike Ashley is a difficult seller. He is not going to let someone go for £7m, he is going to want top, top money.

"But if Yohan Cabaye gets a call from Manchester United and they tell him he is going to be the next Paul Scholes I am not going to be able to stop him.

"It is going to cost Manchester United a shedload of money, but until we have Champions League football, and we might have that by this weekend, we cannot compete with that."