The 25-year-old is yet to respond to a new contract offer as he prepares to enter the final year of his existing deal amid speculation that he will head out of St James' Park this summer.
Arsenal were the latest club to be linked with the defender over the weekend with Liverpool having previously been touted as a destination for a player who was one of the Magpies' most dependable performers last season.
However, having lost skipper Kevin Nolan to West Ham United after he failed to agree a new deal and with Joey Barton's future up in the air with no fresh offer on the table, Pardew is desperate to retain Enrique's services.
He said: "I'm still hopeful that Enrique - who was a big, big, big, big player for us last year - stays at the football club and we can entice him to stay, and obviously we are still working on that.
"Jose's holidaying and doesn't have too much on at the moment, so we are not confident we can keep him, but we are not scared of losing him.
"It's somewhere in between, really. When you have only got a year left on a player of his ability, of course you are vulnerable, and I think it's nervous times for us on him."
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