{"id":461737,"date":"2011-07-15T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/15\/chelsea-target-cheikh-tiote-insists-he-is-happy-to-remain-at-newcastle\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T15:38:00","slug":"chelsea-target-cheikh-tiote-insists-he-is-happy-to-remain-at-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/15\/chelsea-target-cheikh-tiote-insists-he-is-happy-to-remain-at-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea target Cheikh Tiote insists he is happy to remain at Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Sam Bisby<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Jul 2011 16:38:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.2134883721\">\n<div readability=\"17.3839285714\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Cheik Tiote - Valon Behrami, West Ham United v Newcastle (getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/119300\/119342_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL : Cheik Tiote &#8211; Valon Behrami, West Ham United v Newcastle (getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/99\/newcastle-united\">Newcastle United<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/10328\/cheikh-tiote\">Cheikh Tiote<\/a> insists he is happy to stay and do his job at the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Ivorian has been linked with Chelsea following a knee ligament injury to Michael Essien that will rule the Ghanaian out for six months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 25-year-old signed a new six-and-a-half-year contract back in February and appears happy to see it out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tiote told the <em>Evening Chronicle<\/em>: &#8220;I am a Newcastle player and I will do my job in Newcastle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I have a contract and that is the most important thing for me. I&#8217;m happy &#8211; if I wasn&#8217;t happy, I wouldn&#8217;t have signed for six years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Newcastle have denied that the west London outfit have made an approach for the player, who moved to the Premier League last summer from FC Twente.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/15\/2576193\/chelsea-target-cheikh-tiote-insists-he-is-happy-to-remain-at\" title=\"Chelsea target Cheikh Tiote insists he is happy to remain at Newcastle\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea target Cheikh Tiote insists he is happy to remain at Newcastle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Sam Bisby 15 Jul 2011 16:38:00 EPL : Cheik Tiote &#8211; Valon Behrami, West Ham United v Newcastle (getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Newcastle United midfielder Cheikh Tiote insists he is happy to stay and do his job at the club. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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