Alan Pardew remains manager of Newcastle United despite mounting speculation he will be sacked after Saturday's 4-0 defeat at Southampton.

Steve Bruce, manager of their next opponents Hull City, is the man most strongly tipped to take over at Newcastle, who are bottom of the Barclays Premier League, with two points from four games.

But Bruce said: "I find it very, very disrespectful that I'm linked with somebody else's job when he's still in a job. I'm just concentrating on the game against West Ham [tonight] and leaving all that aside."