(Reuters) - Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew defended the Premier League club's director of football Joe Kinnear on Tuesday and said financial constraints were behind their lack of activity in the transfer window.
Kinnear was appointed in June and handed responsibility for attracting talent to the north-east club yet the only major arrival at St James' Park was the loan signing of French striker Loic Remy from Queens Park Rangers.
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