As we reported on Sunday ... the news that Leon Best and Nile Ranger had to pull out of international duty because of "injury" was a little white lie.
Alan Pardew: "Both Nile and Leon are due to train again on Thursday without any problems and that is obviously a bonus for us as we are very short.
"We are still looking to see if we can sign someone to beef us up in that area.
"We are going to a make decision on Wednesday as to whether there is anyone available who can do that.
"There aren't many to choose from on the free agent list as you can imagine, but we have done the necessary research and now we are about to make a decision on whether we're going to do something."
