A little bit more from Alan Pardew on Yannick Bolasie’s future.

He doesn’t sound confident he’s staying beyond this weekend, does he?

The player is contracted here. This guy is a great player and a great person. I love him and will treat him with the utmost respect whatever the situation.

I am dictated to by the board and there is no deal done as far as I am aware.

He’s a player I don’t want to lose but if I lose him, I am going to have to replace him with like. We just want to tell our fans, from the point we were last season losing the cup, there is only one way, we want to improve to get better.

We have replaced three players into the club who I think are definitely going to take us forward. We will bring in at least two more.