Faye: snubbed trio for Bolton

Newcastle defender Abdoulaye Faye has revealed he turned down offers from three other Premier League clubs to move to Tyneside. Faye moved to St James' Park on transfer deadline day from Bolton in a £2million deal.

"I had offers from other clubs, it wasn't just Newcastle," Faye told The Journal. "Manchester City, Everton and Wigan all wanted me to join them, but I told them all, 'No, I would prefer to go to Newcastle and work with Sam again'.

"I felt that joining Newcastle would be the perfect move for me because this is such a big club - it's so different to Bolton.

"I'm pleased it all worked out. Newcastle is such a great club and things couldn't have gone better."