Pardew not blaming Trap for Best injury

NEWCASTLE UNITED manager Alan Pardew has absolved Giovanni Trapattoni and the FAI of any blame for the injury which will keep Leon Best out of tomorrow’s Premier League home tie against Wolves.

The striker missed the club’s last league game against Stoke City with an ankle injury but trained with the Republic of Ireland squad ahead of the Macedonia qualifier before being sent back to England with the same complaint.

“I’d suggest that Leon’s out for Saturday but that’s nothing to do with the Ireland training session in fairness to them,” said Pardew. “The injury is such we’re going to have to get him seen on Monday by a specialist to see what’s going on because it just isn’t right.”