Steve McClaren, Rémi Garde and Michael Laudrup are among the names already included on a shortlist being compiled by Newcastle United as the search for Alan Pardew’s long-term successor resumes – but the club are adamant they will not be rushed into a quick decision.

It is understood that no appointment is imminent, with Lee Charnley, the managing director, prepared to wait a few weeks to secure the right man. The plan is to have him installed by the time the players return to pre-season training in early July. Along the way Charnley is expected to reconsider the credentials of John Carver, the interim head coach, as well as those of McClaren, Garde and Laudrup.

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The latter trio were discussed at St James’ Park when Pardew left for Crystal Palace in January but, with McClaren, then at Derby, rebuffing Newcastle’s initial overtures and interest in Garde apparently cooling after talks between club officials and the Frenchman, Carver was given the job until the end of the season.

He retains hopes of keeping it but accepts he will fly off on holiday on Wednesday with his future still in the balance. Despite Carver’s collection of four points from the team’s final 11 games leading Newcastle into a relegation skirmish, Charnley believes there are mitigating factors and has not dismissed the 50-year-old’s candidature. Whatever happens, Carver has been assured he will have a job at St James’ Park next season. Should someone else be appointed manager, he is expected to revert to an assistant’s role.

McClaren has long been the first choice of Charnley and Graham Carr, the chief scout, but, although his sacking by Derby on Monday may appear to simplify matters, the former England coach’s refusal of an offer to take charge on Tyneside for the final three games of the Premier League season could count against him. McClaren is strongly tempted by the chance to manage a Premier League club of Newcastle’s size but has reservations about working under Mike Ashley while the owner was said to be furious when McClaren passed up the chance to succeed Carver hours after Derby’s failure to reach the Championship play-offs last month.

In a rare interview last Sunday Ashley pledged to invest heavily in new players next season, declaring he would not sell up until a trophy had been won or Champions League qualification secured. Any new manager will demand assurances that Newcastle’s owner will be as good as his word.

Charnley is seeking a mud-on-boots, tracksuit-wearing head coach prepared to work with a director of football – effectively Carr’s role. While McClaren fits this job description, so does Garde. The 49-year-old former Arsenal defender enjoyed some success at Lyon before stepping down last year, citing exhaustion, but he would want to bring in his own backroom staff and this could prove an obstacle.

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Laudrup, noted for playing attractive football during his time in charge of Swansea City, is coming to the end of a contract coaching Lekhwiya in Qatar and is keen on a return to the Premier League.

With Christophe Galtier and Thomas Tuchel having, respectively, signed a contract extension at St Etienne and replaced Jürgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund, two former contenders are now out of the equation.

Whoever takes over will want to retain the coveted Daryl Janmaat, the Holland right-back and one of the few successes of a dreadful Newcastle campaign. Janmaat has admitted his team-mates let Carver down but remains optimistic about next season. “John worked really hard,” he said. “I feel sorry for him. He tried everything but we let him down in games. It can’t happen again. I think the squad needs strengthening in some places and I’m looking forward to that. Hopefully we can have a really great squad next season.”