Alan Pardew: "We have the Dutch national goalkeeper (Tim Krul) and more players in the French national side than any other club including Paris Saint Germain and whoever you want to name in France.
"We're getting there and now, really and truly, we're setting ourselves up for next year to have a real good go at the Premier League.
"This year we know we need to get safety under the belt quickly and if we can, hopefully we can cover ourselves in glory in the Europa League."