‘No way’ – Jose. Enrique dismisses Sunderland rumours!
Posted on December 1st, 2009 | 43 Comments |
It’s taken a while for some people to grow to Jose, given his penchant for playing the ball out of defence and occasionally ‘over’ playing it. But this season he has generally done things in the right areas, and is clearly one of the best players in the Championship. The left back has shown defensive resilience together with an appetite for getting forward and his strength and pace allow him to do both to great effect.
Of course, that has led to speculation that Premiership clubs would come looking for him and with the January transfer window sneaking ever closer, Newcastle fans will be cautious over outgoing players. It’s been rumoured that Enrique has several suitors but the latest speculation is that the unfortunates from down the A19 are keen on him. Jose put a smile on the faces of all Mags with his latest statement:
“I don’t care about Sunderland. Even if the newspapers said Chelsea, I wouldn’t care. I worry for my team – I love the city, I love the club and I don’t care about signing for another team.”
“I don’t read the papers because I don’t understand English that well! Some players were joking with me about what it said. I want to go back to the Premier League, that is true, but I want to go back to the Premier League with Newcastle. This is a big, big, big club in England and it is important that it gets back into the Premier League.”
“I say all the time when people ask me, ‘I love this club’,”
“It is normal that our players are linked with other clubs because we are playing well.”
“But I am happy here, I want to make up for the mistakes we made last season. I think when you are happy with the city and happy with the club, you would not want to leave.”
“I know this summer all the papers are linking me and all the other players with all sorts of teams but I’m not interested.”
“From the first moment I’ve been here I wanted to play here and I never thought about going anywhere else.”
Interestingly enough, particularly for any of us who have supported Keegan and/or Shearer during this latest crazy period at Newcastle, Enrique then went on to say, Hughton is the manager he has enjoyed working with the most in his time at the club. Make of that what you will.
“The manager has been very important. Chris has a big opportunity now and I think for me, he is the best manager that I have had in my three seasons at Newcastle, he understands football and the players are happy to play for him.”
“It is the first time he has had the opportunity to do the job properly and he has proved he is a good manager.
“He is the right man for Newcastle at the moment.”
Not sure whether there’s anything beyond that “at the moment” comment? Either way, this is great news for me provided both he and the club ensure he can keep his word, as I’ve not enjoyed watching a player in black and white quite as much for a long time. His performances have been a different gravy to some of the crap we’ve had to watch and he makes it look effortless. Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose…indeed.
Hope he stays true to his word the lads a quality player. well said jose!