Newcastle United must bring in new players or risk relegation from the Premier League, manager Alan Pardew said after his side were knocked out of the FA Cup by second tier club Brighton and Hove Albion.
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'' We're not too big to go down '' he told reporters after Newcastle's 11th defeat in their last 14 matches in all competitions.
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'' I think it is important to spend...the most important thing for us is our premier league status now because we've put ourselves at risk with all the injuries and the run we're on. We need to make sure we're a premier league side next season ''.
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Newcastle, fifth last season, are two points above the drop zone in 15th place and have qualified for the Europa League last 32 where they will play Ukraine's Matalist Kharkiv next month.
Of course they have to do that to remain in the EPL