Tiote commits to Toon until 2017
Posted on February 25th, 2011 | 62 Comments |
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.“
I doubt many people will disagree that Tiote has been a fantastic acquisition and it’s good to see him committing his future to the club. So this is good news and may go some way towards quelling the ‘unsettled air’ that some players seem to have demonstrated in recent interviews.
Incidentally, the official Toon site spells his name ‘Cheick’, with a ‘c’, but just about everywhere else I look it’s ‘Cheik’, without the ‘c’. I suppose I should start using the ‘c’ as you’d expect the official site to know how to spell the names of our players!
This is SUPERB news, has made my weekend. This fella is in the top 3 midfielders in the league and will attract others to the club for sure.
But today just happy Tiote is a long term mag!