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Hughton salutes Fab-ulous Pancrate.

November 23rd, 2009 | 131 Comments |

Pancrate: Fab-ulous?
Pancrate: Fab-ulous?
Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton has been lavishing effusive praise upon new Toon arrival, Fabrice Pancrate on the club’s official website. Hughton has had two weeks in training, and one reserve match against Hartlepool United to assess the ex Paris Saint Germain frontman, and felt he had seen enough to offer the Frenchman a contract until the end of the season, and possibly beyond. Meanwhile, the club were still waiting to see whether Pancrate will be eligible for the away match this evening against Preston North End at Deepdale.

On the coming of Pancrate, Hughton gushed:

“I’ve been impressed with Fabrice since he first came in a couple of weeks ago and that’s why we’ve signed him. He’s done well in training and did very well with the Reserves last week.

On what the fans might think of his style of play, Hughton continued:

“He’s a player who could excite the fans here because he has the ability on the ball, has bags of pace and likes to go forward.

“He has played at a good level throughout his career and that experience will be valuable” (more…)