Doing his stuff for the IvoriansNewcastle United’s Cheick Tiote reveals some reasons why he was happy to sign a new contract. Furthermore, could he help us sign his fellow Ivory Coast team-mate Gervinho?
Cheick Tiote has been talking to the Daily Mail. That’s the sort of thing this writer would normally recommend strongly against, like running with scissors, playing with fire or sticking your face in a fan.
In this case, however, Tiote reveals much about his contentment at the club, saying:
“As soon as I arrived here the players made me welcome. They helped me settle in and that meant I could do a good job on the pitch.”
The Mail suggests that Tiote rejected a transfer day move to Chelsea, which may be true or it may be something they’ve just read between the lines when Tiote expresses his preference for Newcastle over London as follows:
“Newcastle life is good for me. It is not like London – London is too busy, there are too many people.
“Newcastle is not so busy. That makes it easier to focus on your job. For me it is important. I would like to be here for a few years. I can learn here.
“I feel settled here. I enjoy it here. The fans are good and the new manager likes me. The club has looked after me and I do my best for the team and the fans.” (more…)
Pardew: "No one's unsaleable" at Newcastle.Newcastle United manager, Alan Pardew, has been speaking on the stalled contract negotiations with Joey Barton, how Mike Ashley is at Newcastle United to stay, and trumpeting Cheik Tiote’s new deal as a sign that Mike Ashley is willing to spend on the club.
He started with Barton, who’s contract negotiations have now been shelved until the summer, with the midfielder’s current contract having around eighteen month to run. It is thought that the current deal on offer sees Barton facing a pay cut, but that it is the length of the contract extension, two years rather than three that is causing problems in the Barton camp.
Speaking of the current deal on offer, Pardew said:
“We have made a decent offer, but it’s difficult negotiating with any senior player at this level and I think Joey’s view is to perhaps see what happens in the summer.(more…)
Why have I got 3 hands?Tiote signs up with Newcastle United for another six and a half years.
According to NUFC’s official site, Cheik Tiote has signed a new contract keeping him at Newcastle until June 2017.
Tiote said:
“I am very happy today to have signed this new deal with Newcastle United.
“The experience of playing in the Premier League has been better than I ever hoped it could be.
“This is a great club and the fans have been brilliant – I have never known support like it.”
And Alan Pardew added:
“Cheick has been immense for us this season and is exactly the type of player I want in my squad. He is fantastic on the pitch and in the changing room and is vital for everything we want to achieve.
“Cheick offers us strength and presence in midfield and has proved himself to be one of the best in his position in the Premier League. He’s adapted brilliantly to the English game and I’m delighted he’s signed a new deal with us today.” (more…)
Oops, a bit high perhaps!Newcastle United midfielder Cheik Tiote has a ‘minor hand injury’ but will be fit to play against Bolton on Saturday.
When you’re as tough as Cheik Tiote you don’t let trivial injuries stop you playing and such is the case with his ‘minor hand injury’, believed to be a fractured finger.
After recuperating with a robust diet of house bricks and steel girders and some leisure time wrestling enraged alligators, Tiote will apparently be available for next Saturday’s game against Bolton.
This is good news as there’s the small matter of revenge for the 5-1 slaughter they inflicted on us at their place, and Tiote is now a very important part of our midfield line up.
We bought the 24 year old Ivory Coastian (which sounds like a tea set and probably isn’t the right word) from FC Twente back in August 2010 for £3.5m, which seems like a fantastic bit of business now, and he just seems to have got better and better this season.
He had a reputation for being a hard tackler but, whilst that’s certainly true, there’s a lot more to his game than that. He can take the ball forward too and is certainly not shy about taking a shot, with the ball usually travelling fast enough to warp space and time around its path. He scored his first goal to even things up in the 4-4 draw against Arsenal and it was a cracker. (more…)
"We do not fear anybody"Newcastle United’s Cheik Tiote has been talking about the team’s attitude to games and the camaraderie in the dressing room.
Cheik Tiote has undoubtedly been one of the stars of the season and, whilst fears abound that he might be sold in the summer, he speaks highly of the team spirit at the club and the relationship between the players.
Tiote believes Newcastle fear no team and can even aim for a 6th or 7th place finish:
“We do not fear anybody. Birmingham is our next game and we go there to win.
“I don’t think there is a team to be scared of in the Premier League.
“Maybe we can finish higher – sixth or seventh? We have to work together and keep playing well.”
He then goes on to praise the togetherness of the squad:
“Everybody here is close. We are all good friends and that is not the same at every club. We work together and have the same hard-working mentality within the group.(more…)
