Romain Amalfitano - the first interview

http://www.nufcblog.com/2012/07/09/excellent-first-interview-with-romain-amalfitano/

 

Sounds like a good, level headed lad. Will hopefully be a great addition to the squad. And I'm glad to hear that Ba is one of those making a special effort to help him settle in. Gives me more confidence that he wants to have a future here too.

Cheers for the link ACS - although my bleedin' PC jammed when the link opened and all that was on show was the 'Local Slags' advert, which Mrs Obi duly questioned me about!!

 

Could someone please copy and paste the interview in here? My browser wont allow me to view that site as I got this warning:

Reported Attack Page This web page at www.nufcblog.com has been reported as an attack page

 

Blimey..

Here we go..

5:04 pm, Monday, July 9th, 2012 by Ed Harrison · 185 Comments

An*excellent**first*interview with Romain Amalfitano today on nufcTV by Rob Scanlon, and Romain*doesn’t yet speak English, so he replied*in*French and it was translated by Rob.



Romain Amalfitano in training – watched by John Carver

It’s a very good interview, so those of you have a*subscription*to nufcTV it’s obviously worth seeing it, and for those of you who haven’t got a subscription, here’s some of what the young Frenchman said.

Romain says he has settled in very quickly at Newcastle and he had already found a flat in*Newcastle, and that had*helped him a lot.

He stressed that the players at*Newcastle*have just gone out of their way to help him settle in, and there were video shots of Ryan Taylor and*Jonas*Gutierrez*messing*around*with Romain on the training field, and it looks like the*spirit*at*Newcastle*is great*and*as good as ever.

It’s obvious that the coaches and manager at*Newcastle*go out of their way to make the players feel at home and settled, and they keep the atmosphere light*on the training field, but of course that*doesn’t*mean they don’t press the players during the*training*sessions.

Amalfitano said that Demba Ba, Gabby Obertan and**Mehdi Abeid*in particular had been*helping*him settle in, and it was a lot easier with there being so many*Frenchmen*at*Newcastle.

Romain has met*Newcastle*fans both near his flat, and in Eldon*Square, but*because*he*cannot*yet speak English – he is taking lessons – he couldn’t really talk to them.

The fans wanted a*photograph*with him, but in the future he hoped to be able to have a conversation with them, once he learns a little bit of*English.

The 22 year-old said he knew coming to*Newcastle*would*not be easy for him, but he wanted to repay the trust that*had*been placed in him by*Newcastle United, and he hopes to impose himself *at the club, and play as well as possible.

Obviously he wants to do well at*Newcastle*and wants to succeed, *and he said his goal was not just to do well for himself, but for the team,*which*is all important.

He’s right there – let’s make a note of that.

Romain comes over very well in this interview, and*certainly*the*Newcastle*Board and Chief Scout Graham Carr seem to do their*homework, *when checking out the*characters*of*Newcastle’s*new signings.

 

Hmmm, that might explain why my PC froze when it opened up. Sorry, I'm out of it now and won't be isking going back in.

 

Ahh.. The site owner just posted this.....

Should be ok now lads!


Malware Attack

Google flagged an outside malware attack on my site about 19:00 British time on 9th July.

The supposed offending code has been checked by my hosting site and they say it is OK - but I have removed it in any case and asked GOOGLE to retest - and I am hoping this will be OK asap.

Thanks.

Edward Harrison.

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cheers Albert. Seems like a good lad. Hopefully he'll be pushing the first team soon enough.

 

Indeed sir. Love the username. Have some rep!

 

Thanx buddy!