Barthez is currently banned for 6 months from playing in French football for spitting at a referee last season.
Pardew has been linked with both Ipswich’s Kelvin Davis and another former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll, following the news that Jimmy Walker could be out for up to six months after his horrific knee ligament injury sustained during the play-off final.
Barthez, 34, has experience at the highest levels of both domestic and international football and it’s this experience that is said to have caught Pardew’s eye.