It was a disappointing result but at least I’m playing, fit and looking forward to Saturday’s game (for Newcastle against Fulham in the Premier League),

When you put better teams in front of you, that’s when the big players rise to that occasion.

Fortunately I am a mentally strong person and believe I will learn from the experience and continue to improve as a player and person because of it

If you are going to come back at any place it’s St James’ with the crowd behind you.

We might find out tomorrow in training,

All the Newcastle fans need to know is that I will be giving everything for their cause now,

It’s a far cry from the last World Cup, where we had a lot of injuries. We’ve got a clean bill of health, with the exception of John and the preparations have gone really well.

I hope there’s more important wins to come, but Alan’s goal was the most important. I have no doubt in my mind that I will score goals, the relief for me is getting our first...

If the transfer cannot be finalized in time I have agreed to go to Newcastle United, but only on a one-year loan. I need to be playing regularly in a World Cup year.

I have been given the name of a good surgeon and I am going to have a pin inserted.

There are still 11 weeks until the World Cup starts. I should be back in four.

If there is money coming in, maybe the club look like they mean business and are going places,

I’ve been honest all along,

The aim is certainly to get as far as the semi-finals – but it would not stop there.

I think he must have known that my Dad was briefly an Everton player and I used to follow them as a boy.

Thank God it wasn’t a qualifying game.

It’s a matter of time, we have really good players, the coaches are working hard and we’ll get there in the end.

I will try to read a couple of papers!

We played well for the first half an hour but then seemed to get worse and worse. But we take collective responsibility for the performance and now we have to show collective togetherness, stick tight...

The manager (Sven-Goran Eriksson) was talking today that 10 of France’s players, present or past, were teammates of our own players,

There is a great tradition up here about the No 9 at Newcastle and I will do my best, that is all I can say, to try to provide goals and medals and everything else...

I am sure some people will say John or Steve are more obvious skippers but I like to think that I have people’s respect.

I am feeling quite sharp and am playing well and Newcastle are not overburdened with Europe, … I can recover between games, prepare, keep myself in good shape and play on a regular basis for...

I will have the stitches out on Thursday. I had a little setback but it was not back to square one. It is clearly healing nicely and I am hoping I can play again for...

I don’t want to cause an argument – at first I thought it had just hit me and gone on the same path, but seeing it now, it’s taken quite a deflection.

I am sure I am going to have a lot of fun playing in the black and white shirt. I want to win trophies and play in front of passionate supporters. I love the game....

It is a title decider. But it’s not going to decide any titles just yet.

Mentally, he’s as strong as an ox.

It was a disappointing night and there’s not really any excuses,

It’s disappointing, but everyone gets their fair share (of injuries), if there’s any consolation I’ve got plenty of time before the World Cup.

For all I care, he is better off herding goats!

I have an obvious attachment to Liverpool and, if that deal could have happened, it would have been one big option. But, as the deadline approached, it didn’t seem that would be possible.

I’m not scared of them in any way. We will go into the game thinking we’re on their level. We play against them every week.

You can only do your best. Alan is a different type of player to me, obviously, so Newcastle fans are not going to see a like-for-like player coming into the team; but, hopefully, they will...

Jamie is one of the most intelligent footballers, … He can play in any position but a lot of people think his best position is center half.

I said that my ideal situation was to start the season in the Real Madrid first team and if not I would prefer to return to Liverpool,

God help me if I didn’t do that because if I’d played 10 games and only scored one or two goals, then I really would be feeling low.

It is always nice to score but it was more important for us to get the points. Hopefully, we can go on a run now and start climbing up the table.

I’m here and I’ve signed a four-year contract. The one thing I will guarantee is goals.

We’ve got a big game on Saturday, and we could do with taking three points.

We are evenly matched with the All Blacks but if you are not quite on your game, they are the best in the world at taking opportunities,

Everybody knows that we are a better team than that,

She was a nice lady. She’d come around and wonder how your day was going.

The better the opposition that’s put in front of you, the better your team plays,

We haven’t played well for a full 90 minutes for a while now, the last game (against Austria) was a step in the right direction until David was sent off. We need a good performance...

I will see at least a month of the Premiership season, as well as the World Cup.

The president understood and said he would help me achieve this,

The longer my career has gone, the more I seem to score, … It’s experience and age and knowing where the ball’s going to be.

If the manager gets stick it’s due in no small part to the players. We didn’t perform well enough.

They probably should have never released him. I know there are certain laws, but if he’s not good for society, he shouldn’t be in society.