Cheik Tiote signs a new deal with Newcastle United

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Cheik Tiote signs a new deal with Newcastle United
Ivory Coast international Cheik Tiote has signed a new six-and-a-half-year deal with his club Newcastle United which will make him stay with the Magpies until 2017.
Tiote came to St. James Park in 2010 after serving http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 for two years. The defensive midfielder has expressed his delight over the new deal and has hoped that he can be influential in the midfield and help Newcastle achieve better results.
“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.” Cheik Tiote said.
Tiote hailed his manager on giving him opportunities to feature regularly for the Toon which has helped the Ivory Coast international to gain confidence and has given him a special place in the hearts of Magpies fans.
The Magpies manager Alan Pardew has also shown his delight over Tiote’s contract extension especially after losing his ace striker Andy Carroll in the January transfer window of the 2010-11 season. Their left back Jose Enrique has also not signed a new deal
with the club which is hinting towards his exit as well.
“Cheik has been immense for us this season and is exactly the type of player I want in my squad,” Pardew said. “He is fantastic on the pitch and in the changing room and is vital for everything we want to achieve.”
Pardew hailed the efforts of the 24-year-old and said that he has inflicted a new wave of confidence in the Toon line-up especially after scoring a thunderbolt against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 that allowed Newcastle to make one of the most remarkable comebacks in the Premier
League history.
The manager said Tiote gives the club strength and presence in the midfield and has proven himself to be one of the best in the League.
The club officials are now hoping that the midfielder can prove the deal right and would get better and better with time.