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Alan Pardew has warned Newcastle will need an major rebuilding job - as he fumes over Newcastle's failure to land top target Clement Grenier.

Magpies' boss Pardew insisted earlier this week that the club "must spend" the £20million raised by the sale of Yohan Cabaye to Paris Saint-Germain.

But late on Thursday it was looking highly unlikely that the Geordies would offer enough to land Lyon midfielder Grenier.

Pardew confirmed the 23-year-old is Newcastle's only current target and will be pursued again in the summer, and was visibly depressed that he was going to have to cope for the rest of the season without fresh talent.

He has warned the club have to be more determined, saying: "There is no point bringing a player here - for example, a £6m-£7m player - who isn't good enough. That would be a waste of money. We have to be strong about what direction we are going in, how we want to play and whose going to fill those roles.

"We have a target and we will stay on that target until such time as he gets away from us.

"It's difficult unless you have a vision of how you want to play. and this team with Yohan Cabaye in the No 10 role was the way I like to play.

"[Targetting] Grenier was around that theme of a team that can pass the ball quickly and work between the lines. That's what I'm going to aim for in the summer.

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"The summer is going to be very important to us because of the players we have with two years left on their contract and the situation we have within the group.

"We've got a very young team. I think I've built two teams here, one with Demba and Papiss and you would argue this year and the back end of last year I built another team with Cabaye, Loic, Gouffran and Moussa.

"I'm going to have to build another one in the summer. It turns over quickly at Newcastle and you need to have a clear mind where you are going with it."

Newcastle face a total changing of the guard up front in the summer - Loic Remy and Luuk De Jong are only on loan, Shola Ameobi is scheduled to be out of contract and Papiss Cisse is unsettled.

The failure to get Grenier means Pardew is considering a tactical change.

He added: "If we don't replace Cabaye we might have to change our style of play a little bit because of the personnel I have. It's about getting a result. It creates an opportunity for Hatem Ben Arfa and Sylvain Marveaux."