The St James' Park club have already captured French midfielder Yohan Cabaye and are bidding for a number of other targets. Pardew has missed out on Kevin Gameiro, but Swansea left-back Neil Taylor and West Ham striker Demba Ba remain wanted men. And Newcastle's boss is optimistic that there will be significant transfer news within the next 10 days. Pardew told The Journal: "Things are definitely moving on now and we expect to be busier between now and the start of the season. "We're working very hard on one or two players and we hope to announce something soon. "We should be able to announce a second signing, I would think, in the next 10 days." Funded by the £35million money from the record-breaking January sale of Andy Carroll to Liverpool, Pardew also remains ambitious in the transfer market. "We aren't going to rule ourselves out of any situation," he said. "We want quality players at this football club so if the players are out there and we think we've got a chance, we'll try our very best. "Some players who we bid for might want Champions League football so they'll be going there, others will be prepared to come to us because of the magnificent fan base and the history here too. "I think the likes of Everton, Sunderland and Bolton are the competitors that we have in this window, but we've got a chance because of the Andy Carroll money."
