Pardew denies Remy claims

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has flatly denied allowing striker Loic Remy to miss the final-day clash with Liverpool with a fictional injury.

Reports yesterday quoted the France international as saying he had been allowed to miss the 2-1 Premier League trip to Anfield, which would have been the last game of his loan spell from QPR, in order to avoid injury ahead of the World Cup.

However, Pardew later issued a statement in which he insisted that was simply untrue amid a backlash from already disgruntled fans.