"Martin Crainie is a player we have made a phone call about but it would be disrespectful to Portsmouth to elaborate," Pardew told the Kent Messenger.

"There is an outside chance of bringing in a couple of players this week.

"It's all down to finance. We have players who want to come here and managers who are prepared to sell.

"It's difficult to negotiate but I can assure our supporters that we're doing our best to get the right players in."