We won't make Bent stay, says Pardew

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Charlton's escape bid continues on Monday night when they take on Tottenham at The Valley, with the pressure again on Bent to provide the main goalscoring threat for Pardew's team.

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Ready to go: Darren Bent (red shirt) could be allowed to leave Charlton, says manager Alan Pardew

Asked if it was inevitable that the 14-goal striker will be sold if the club go down, the Charlton manager said: "That has been the situation of players coming out of the Premiership and is usually the situation in terms of the top players. I was at West Ham when they tried to hang on to Jermain Defoe and that didn't work out."

Even if Charlton stay up, Bent is likely to be a £10million target of several leading clubs, with Tottenham and Newcastle expected to be at the front of the queue to secure the England man's services.

But Pardew insists it is not just the players who are affected when a club drops down a division.

"Personally, I think it is something we all get a little bit carried away with," he said.

"Whenever a Premier League club gets relegated the people who really suffer are the people who work in the stadium.

"There is a big cull of staff. For us, the most important thing would be to bounce back so you can re-employ those people. I'm sure Sunderland and Birmingham are contacting those people they lost so they can bring them back."