Pardew staying but Llambias exit adds to Tyneside gloom

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has insisted he is going nowhere after the resignation of managing director Derek Llambias plunged the club into fresh chaos.

The 51-year-old confirmed his intention in a brief message to the city’s evening newspaper as news of Llambias’ departure, which came in the wake of Joe Kinnear’s controversial arrival as director of football, emerged.

Pardew told the Chronicle: “I’m staying — to take the club up the league.”