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AFTER loaning Hatem Ben Arfa to Hull City on deadline day, Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has been hit by a fan backlash, according to the Daily Star.
A whopping 86% of fans said in an online poll they would rather get rid of the manager than the supposed thorn in the Toon dressing room.
In the aftermath of deadline day, media pundit Jamie Redknapp told the Daily Mail: "Hull signed match-winners in Gaston Ramirez and Hatem Ben Arfa."
Martin Keown added: "Hull landing Ben Arfa…he was never a bad player, he just fell out with Alan Pardew. He has so much ability!"
A spokesman for influential fanzine The Mag was quoted by the Star saying: "Pardew has got rid of a player whose situation for many fans symbolised the overall problems at St James' Park."
According to The Independent, Pardew has just two games to save his job, with Tony Pulis the outright favourite, with David Moyes waiting in the wings also following his sacking from Manchester United.
Meanwhile, Turkish giants Besiktas have revealed turned down the chance to rescue Ben Arfa's Newcastle nightmare.The Sun say the club were concerned about the 27-year-old's temperament, something which Pardew seemingly failed to control.
Club president Fikret Orman said: "Buying star names is easy but what we want are players with character.
"We had an agreement to sign Ben Arfa. However, we were uncomfortable with some of his actions so we decided to withdraw."
In came Steve Bruce, and the rest is history.McGregor faces fight from Gordon for Scotland number 1ALLAN McGregor's number 1 shirt for Scotland looks to be under threat from Celtic keeper Craig Gordon – who is determined to oust the Tigers stopper in the international goal.
Gordon saw his two-year injury nightmare finally come to an end this summer when he signed for the Hoops, and the 40-cap stopper was handed an immediate recall for Sunday's opening Euro 2016 qualifier with Germany.
The 31-year-old told the Celtic View he is determined to make up for lost time and force his way back into a Scotland jersey.
"It's good competition (with Allan and David Marshall) and I enjoy meeting up with the squad.
"I don't want to just go along there looking to make up the numbers now that I have been included in the squad.
"I want to put pressure on the other two goalkeepers and try to force myself into contention for a starting spot.
"Now that I have managed to get called up the next goal is to force myself on the park and getting a game."Wolves line up loan for former City flop Graham
CHAMPIONSHIP side Wolves are lining up a loan bid for former Hull City flop Danny Graham.
The striker, currently with Sunderland, is on offer as he does not figure in the plans of manager Gus Poyet, the Daily Mirror say.
Graham was sent on loan to Middlesbrough after failing to impress at the KC Stadium. The 29-year-old former Watford man has failed to score for Sunderland since his arrival from Swansea City in a £5m switch in January last year. Yikes.Tigers bigger than Juventus?
ARE Hull City now bigger than Juventus?
Well, according to FootballEconomy.com, the Tigers spent more than the Italian side in the transfer window – as the English spending spree continues to grow.
The question must be raised, are foreign imports and big-money signings ruining English football?
The blogger, going by the name of WG, said: "Hull is a city I enjoy visiting, but it hardly matches Turin. Juventus have won the Italian title thirty times and have been European champions twice.
"Not so long ago Hull were languishing in the fourth division. Yet in the summer transfer window Hull, determined to stay in the Premier League, spent more than Juventus.
"The £835m spent by English clubs this summer is not far off the combined spending of the top sides of Italy, Spain and Germany.
"The Premier League's closest competitor was the Bundesliga with £95m. As far as clubs are concerned, only three Spanish clubs can match the spending power of those in the Premier League: Barcelona, Real and Atletico Madrid.
"Some £520m (£392m net) went to overeas leagues: £239m to Spanish Leagues, £84m to those in Portugal and almost £50m to those in France.
"No doubt this will trigger another bout of complaining about foreign players ruining the English game."
What are your thoughts?Deadline-day signings given squad numbers
I'M sure Hull City's printing machines will be very busy with fans wanting the new names on their replica kits after the Tigers revealed the squad numbers for the five deadline-day signings.
Record-buy Abel Hernandez will wear the number 9 shirt, whilst Hatem Ben Arfa claims the number 34.
Mohamed Diame will don the number 17, and Gaston Ramirez has been handed 25.
Brian Lenihan, who is expected to ply his trade in City's development squad, is to wear the number 31 shirt.City youngsters pack a punch with Coyle
AND finally, the Tigers Academy added something unusual to their training schedule this week when they paid a visit to Tommy Coyle's Headstart Academy.
The youngsters were there to take part in a training session put on by the city's pro boxer as they took part in plenty of tough boxing fitness drills as well some sparring in the ring.
Coyle said: "They grafted their nuts off and they should take a lot out of it.
"When the game's 0-0 with a few minutes to go, that is when they need to dig deep and pull each other over the winning line.
"Going through the type of session we put on for them will only do them the world of good and bring them closer together."
Just don't take some of that punching out on the football pitch!
