Geremi on mission to end cycle of despair
Newcastle's new captain is driven by a desire to break a 38-year losing streak, writes Daniel Taylor
Saturday August 18, 2007
The Guardian
When you have come from a trophy-grabbing machine as prolific as Chelsea, it must be strange joining a club where it sometimes feels like cynicism has set in like cement. Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso - or Geremi, as he is simply known - is still learning the history of Newcastle United but it has not taken him long to establish why, in the corridors of St James' Park, the photographs of the club's most cherished European nights are all in black and white
Newcastle's new captain is driven by a desire to break a 38-year losing streak, writes Daniel Taylor
Saturday August 18, 2007
The Guardian
When you have come from a trophy-grabbing machine as prolific as Chelsea, it must be strange joining a club where it sometimes feels like cynicism has set in like cement. Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso - or Geremi, as he is simply known - is still learning the history of Newcastle United but it has not taken him long to establish why, in the corridors of St James' Park, the photographs of the club's most cherished European nights are all in black and white

