But Pardew told BBC Newcastle: "It's impossible to restrict Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City from coming in for one of our players.
"We have players who are not on the salaries these top clubs can offer."
Yohan Cabaye, signed from Lille for a fee reported to be £4.3m last summer, is just one of the players to have flourished after coming in to replace the likes of Andy Carroll, Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan, who left Newcastle in the previous year.
Striker Demba Ba has scored 17 goals in 39 appearances this season after
arriving on a free transfer from West Ham.
The 26-year-old Senegal international was linked with a
move away Tyneside in January with reports that a buy-out clause in his
contract would force Newcastle to accept an offer as low as £5m."Demba's release clause has been widely publicised, there is some truth to it, and some untruth," said Pardew. "There is a clause there.
"There is a situation with his contract and we are in talks with him and his agent.
"It is not a foregone conclusion that he will stay, but the Newcastle public have played their part singing his name. He must love that."
Pardew insisted that Newcastle's predicament was the same as that faced by Arsenal, who were unable to keep Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas from signing for Manchester City and Barcelona respectively last summer.
"Forget about Everton and Aston Villa, we have put ourselves in a similar position to Arsenal," he added.continue reading
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