... Alan Pardew is adamant that the Newcastle Utd owner will keep his promise.
Pardew: "Mike Ashley has made that commitment that the money will go back into the club.
"I'm sure 100% that he will and it's my challenge to spend the money wisely.
"In terms of the transfers, when I came in here, I said: 'Look, you've obviously got a scouting system here, but the rubber stamp has to come from me.'
"If you're going to mould a team, then you have to have that assurance, and they gave me that assurance.
"In terms of the scouting team I've got, I've got Graham Carr here who was the main instigator in Cheik Tiote arriving, and Ben Arfa, so I think I've got to take good advice from him.
"We've been working together, in this last period of three or four weeks, so that we target and get the right sort of player.
"Unfortunately it's going to seem slightly shallow until we get to the summer and we get one or two names in. But then hopefully by the time we get to pre-season next year, we'll all be excited looking forward to the new campaign."