I could have made an instant impact, says Pardew

  • by Staff Writer
  • Monday, 20th November 2017

Alan Pardew has confirmed that he would have been prepared to succeed Slaven Bilic - if he had been offered the job.

95 per cent of our readers voted in favour of re-hiring Pardew, compared to just five per cent going for Moyes, in a recent KUMB poll.

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And despite KUMB revealing exclusively that Pardew wanted the role, which he previously held between 2004 and 2006, he was overlooked in favour of Moyes - who opened his account with a 2-0 defeat at Watford yesterday.

"It was a job where you could tell it was a good board and good players in a position where they are underperforming," he told Sky Sports. "As a manager, that really helps when you go in because you can then make an instant impact."

A fortnight ago KUMB revealed how Pardew had told friends privately that he was "100 per cent" interested in succeeding Bilic, who was fired after a poor start to the current campaign.

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