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Alan Pardew has revealed that Newcastle United will be looking to sign “one or two” players in the January transfer window.

Pardew indicated that the bulk of United’s transfer work for 2014 would be carried out in the summer.

But says that Newcastle would not sell any of their stars on the cheap.

He said today: “We will look to get one or two players that will take this club into a challenging position.

“This window we can be selective and constructive.

“I certainly wouldn’t like to lose one of our big players for sure.

“But it will be the summer when we do most business.

“One of the players we are looking at for the summer we have looked at 15 times.

“It is about technical ability, character and whether they will fit in.

“We need more English players and more local boys.”

Yohan Cabaye has already been linked with a host of clubs a month before the window opens.

But Pardew said: “A lot of clubs will be looking.

“But our owner is a tough negotiater.”

And Pardew also said that the Magpies had learned from mistakes of the past.

Newcastle signed just Vurnon Anita in the summer of 2012 but Pardew said: “For us we must learn from our mistakes.

“We are bold enough to say that.

“We finished fifth and got it wrong in the transfer market that summer.

“We need to build.

“We have done very well in the transfer market.

“We are invested in our scouting system led by Graham Carr.”