Now Tiote has a problem with Wonga

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-Cisse-concerned-new-Newcastle-Wonga-kit.html

A second Newcastle player has taken legal advice over the club’s sponsorship deal with loans company Wonga.
Cheick Tiote is set to meet the club this week to ask them not to use promotional shots of him wearing their new branded kit.
Striker Papiss Cisse has already expressed his disquiet about the Wonga partnership but he and fellow Muslim players Tiote, Massaido Haidara, Hatem Ben Arfa and Moussa Sissoko did pose in the new strip emblazoned with the wonga.com logo in a photo session for the first-team squad in April to promote the company.


Cisse and Tiote were not aware at the time of the nature of Wonga’s business and feel aggrieved the club did not inform them. Muslims are prevented from benefiting from the lending of money under Sharia Law.
Newcastle have released pictures only of Steven Taylor wearing the new Wonga strip — but those of other first-team players could be rolled out soon.
Newcastle announced a four-year deal worth an estimated £24million with Wonga last October and the team will carry their name next season.
Tiote spoke with his legal representatives last week and is keen to meet Newcastle chief executive Derek Llambias.


Cisse, signed from Freiburg in Germany for £8m in 2011, may be sold if he does not agree to wear the Wonga strip.
While aware of the delicate nature of the issue, owner Mike Ashley is reluctant to weaken the image of their partnership with Wonga by having players wearing unbranded tops.
Players’ union, the PFA, have vowed to back Cisse if he refuses to wear the Wonga logo, with deputy chief Bobby Barnes saying: ‘If someone feels very strongly that it’s not compatible with their beliefs, then some sort of solution should be found.’
There have been reports of Cisse being racially abused on Facebook since his stance was made public. Wonga specialise in short-term loans and charge an annual interest rate of 4,214 per cent.
When the deal with Newcastle was announced, city council leader Nick Forbes and Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Central, both described Wonga as ‘legal loan sharks’.

 

MA might feel a little pinch in the pocket when the fans refuse to buy the **** Wonga tops, and he can't do anything about that.

 

Tiote can **** right off.

 

Seem to remember you've mentioned that once or twice before.

 

Wonga can **** right off! I'm gonna say i'm Muslim so i get an unbranded top. Nice...

 

From the Club shop or SD?

 

Is it because of the OAPs in the ad? (Do I have the right company?)

 

" Now Tiote has a problem with Wonga"

So Tiote, is it OK for a Muslim to be paid a massive salary to go round kicking / hurting people?

Seems a religion of strange double standards if so.

 

I really don't get this at all. When the Wonga sponsorship deal was first announced, the papers ran stories supposedly stating then, that the Muslim players, namely Cisse and Ba, may have issues because of the nature of Wonga's business and their religion.
My understanding is that the players affected sort direction from their religious elders, who said that it was okay to wear the logo. So l cannot understand why this fuss has resurfaced again.
Also for Tiote to say that he did not know what Wonga did as a business, just beggars belief. Whynwould it be that he may be sold of he won't wear the shirt and no mention has been made of the same outcome regarding Cisse. It's all such a load of spherical objects, IMO.

 

What I don't get about all of this is:

The league is sponsored by Barclays and the club was previously sponsored by Northern Rock/Virgin Money

I assume Tiote and Cisse think both those companies are loaning money on the basis of getting sunshine and farts in return?

If they're not happy, then they can both do one as far as I'm concerned (especially Tiote) - wev don't need anything else rocking the boat at the minute

 

Good for him!!! Wonga, Ashley and Newcastle can **** off!!!

scummy owner who makes money exploiting the third world

he's a **** and our sponsors are a disease.

eat **** and **** off

 

Cant really see there being a big take up of shirts tbh bearing the Wonga name in large letters across the chest. Think I`d prefer a retro one that I dont have.

 

This.

 

This.

It's all just players looking for a move.

I hope the door doesn't smash them on the back of the head on their way oot.

 

plus he didn't have a problem with Northern Rock.... who lend money.... maybe the Koran has a cut off above 10% APR????

 

This

 

This wreaks badly of either thick footballers or some crazy advising them. Get on with the football ******s.