Alan Pardew names defender Fabricio Coloccini as Newcastle United captain – EPL News
Newcastle United manager, Alan Pardew, has named the influential defender, Fabricio Coloccini, as the captain of the club for the next season, and believes that he has made the right decision in handing the arm-band to the Argentinean defender.
The Magpies’ former skipper, Kevin Nolan, left Newcastle United in highly controversial circumstances to join West Ham United at the start of the summer transfer window. Since then, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-c4244 Pardew had been looking for the ideal replacement.
A number of highly experienced Newcastle United players were being tipped to succeed Kevin Nolan for the captain role.
The Toon's highly influential midfielder, Joey Barton, who played a huge role in Newcastle United’s promotion, was the favourite to be given the captain’s arm-band. However, Barton’s recent revelations about him leaving the club seem to have affected Pardon’s
captaincy decision.
Moreover, veteran goalkeeper, Steve Harper, was also one of the leading contenders for the Newcastle captaincy. Despite being at the St. James Park for more than 18 years, Harper was not chosen as the next skipper.
Furthermore, defender Steven Taylor, who has been at the club for more than 8 seasons, was also overlooked for the captaincy role.
Pardew is looking for a long term replacement of Kevin Nolan and believes that Coloccini has all the attributes to lead the Magpies.
Alan Pardew told Newcastle United official website, “I had no hesitation in choosing Fabricio to be my http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Captain-c8314 next season.”
The Magpies manager believes that he has made the right decision.
“He will lead the team in a different manner to Kevin, but his professionalism, attitude, application and fantastic character made him the stand-out candidate and, in my mind, the 100% right decision.”
Fabricio Coloccini has been a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitalô-c40903 player for Newcastle United since his arrival from Deportivo La Coruna. The 29-year-old centre-back scored twice in 37 appearances for the Toon last season.
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