Newcastle United defender Danny Simpson has said that the club should be quickly recover from their 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Wigan Athletic during the weekend in order to realise their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season.

Newcastle United midfielder Cheik Tiote has said that he is very much enjoying his life at Newcastle United and would not be interested in a move in the summer.

Chelsea have been showing a lot of interest in signing the midfielder for more than a year now, and it is thought that they will be coming in with a concrete bid in the summer.

Newcastle United have announced that midfielder Ryan Taylor has agreed an extension to his current deal. Ryan Taylor has now signed a new contract that will see his stay at the Tyneside extended by two years.

This comes as a welcome news for both Newcastle United fans and manager Alan Pardew, who has shown a lot of belief in the player.

Newcastle United's Danny Simpson said that he is extremely confident that Newcastle United can achieve a positive result against Arsenal on Monday night.

Newcastle United will be travelling to the Emirates stadium for the Monday night match with Arsenal.

West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan has made a sensational claim that former West Ham United striker and current Newcastle United leading goal scorer Demba Ba has released clause in his contract of just around £ 7 million.

There have been many rumours circulating in the world of football that Demba Ba has only a £ 7 million release clause.

Newcastle United striker Demba Ba has said that he is not looking to leave the north-east club at this moment and has laughed off any rumours suggesting that he might move soon.

Demba Ba arrived on a free transfer from West Ham United in the summer, and he has been one of the best signings of the summer.

Newcastle United have agreed to a £ 20 million shirt sponsorship deal with Virgin Money for a period believed to be around two years, after a breakthrough in the contract negotiations between the two parties.

Newcastle and Virgin had been locked in contract talks for weeks before the owner of Virgin Sir Richard Branson agreed to bail out cash-stricken Newcastle based bank Northern Rock and buy all the shares.

Newcastle United will be making the difficult trip to Anfield on the final weekend of 2011 in the Barclays Premier League. Even though a visit to Liverpool is always very tough, Newcastle United will have reasons to worry because they have just one victory in five matches.

The win over Bolton on Boxing Day was their first to stop the rot, which began with the defeat against Chelsea a few weeks ago. A number of injuries in a defensive department did not help things for Alan Pardew, but he seems to have stabilised things at Tyneside.

Alan Pardew has said that the fans of Newcastle United deserve a special price for standing by the club at through thick and thin. Many expected that Newcastle United will not be able to return straight back into the Premier League after their relegation to the championship a few seasons ago.

Newcastle striker Demba Ba believes his current side have a lot in common with the Hoffenheim team which shook up the Bundesliga in the 2008-09 season.

The German club were newly promoted but led the league at the halfway point of the season before cementing a seventh place finish, which was still beyond their expectations.

Ba's personal contribution was 14 goals in 35 games and although Newcastle's precise circumstances are not identical to those of Hoffenheim, he believes that there are a lot of common factors.