Where does he confirm his interest?
Pardew merely stated that he is an admirer of his!
I still can't see the club selling him for anything less than £2 million and if it was down to me, I'd keep him until the end of the season, even if a bid of £5 million or so came in!
If he's allowed to leave now, it could cost us a potential £90 million, by failing to get to the Premiership!
We're certainly not guaranteed a place in the promised land with him, but our chances will deteriorate greatly without him!