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ALAN PARDEW wants Newcastle United to go Japanese . . .

Or at least his plans for the regeneration of the club’s Benton base include a bid to bring the locker rooms in line with Premier League giants Arsenal.

Pardew revealed to the Chronicle the Magpies are aiming for a revamp that will be inspired by both Arsene Wenger and some of the hi-tech venues of Major League Soccer, which also mirror giants of sport Stateside from the NFL, NHL and NBA.

Indeed, it was during the 2011 summer tour of the US that the Magpies boss was inspired by the changing rooms at Sporting Kansas City.

Like Arsenal, the Kansas City locker rooms are in the oval shape that Wenger insisted on at the Emirates Stadium from his days as a boss in the J-League.

In addition each player has their own personalised locker with their name above it to add a personal touch, which helps inspire the top stars to reach the height of performance.

Kansas officials said during Newcastle’s visit last year: “Our dressing room is like Arsenal on steroids.”

And Pardew told the Chronicle: “The dressing room in Kansas City is something I’d like to do here.

“Not at the stadium, at the training ground.

“I thought it was a really good idea for a training ground changing room.

“It gives you your own personal identity and each player their own mod cons and links.

“They can have a battery charger for their phone and God knows what else they bring in with them these days.”

And looking at how he can keep his player “aesthetically pleased”, Pardew – who feels a rounder dressing room commands more attention from players in team talks – said: “With psychology there is a theory that square lines and straight lines isn’t where your at.

“It’s not a nice feeling. I like a square building that has a couple of curves in it.

“Suddenly it then has a more aesthetic feel.

“That’s the same in a dressing room or when you are addressing an audience.

“The best auditoriums in the world are curved like the big theatres.

“There is a friendlier nature to them.

“That’s how we will look to design the training ground with that concept.”

Newcastle rebuilt their training ground in 2003, but Pardew doesn’t want the Magpies to fall behind.

He said: “I am speaking to Derek about it.

“The facility needs to change and we need to update it.

“It needs to be updated or we will fall behind some of the other clubs.

“I’ve said before if we stand still, we’ll fall behind.”

The Mike Ashley era at Newcastle started with Sam Allardyce bringing his army of medical staff to the training ground in 2007.

Now at West Ham, Big Sam introduced plenty of modern technology too, but Pardew feels that United have moved on in that field too.

He said: “I’d like to think I’ve improved the technology.

“I increased the analysts from two to four.

“The football club now has five analysts and two more on the physical side.

“We’re not depleted from Sam’s time here.

“There are a lot of medical staff that aren’t here.

“That was just how Sam worked.”