We had a meeting this week and we spoke about the possibility of new players

We had a meeting this week and we spoke about the possibility of new players who we would like to bring in.”I’m in possession of this seat and I’ll give everything I’ve got to bring success to this club. We’re not on the front pages of newspapers right now with people doing ridiculous things.”Souness managed successfully to force both Laurent Robert and Craig Bellamy out of St James’ Park – two disruptive influences who nevertheless possessed the intermittent flair and unpredictability that Newcastle now lack.He is in no mood to follow the pair through the exit door just yet and sees no reason to walk out on a job which is renowned for its unparalleled pressure in a part of the country where football is more soap opera than sport.”I’m here and I’ll remain here until somebody tells me differently,” insisted a defiant Souness. I don’t have players turning around telling the manager to go and sling his hook. Whether the former Liverpool coach is the one to buck a trend for change remains to be seen, but Shepherd has so far remained loyal to the man he appointed with a remit for ridding the dressing-room of dissenting voices and unsavoury influences.”We got rid of some very dodgy characters and the players we wanted to leave have gone,” Souness said “I’ve got a really good group of players. That’s a fact.”Newcastle United’s Premiership history is littered with examples of painful transitions, which perfectly illustrate Souness’s point. There’s not a club in the history of football that has had success by continually making changes.

It needs someone here to break the mould, to change the situation from being a desperate one to a manageable one.”We have to get away from the attitude of changing everything, the theory that the manager has to go and that we’ve got to get more players. In 20 minutes Souness displayed a level of passion and commitment so often lacking in his team’s performances this season and, in so doing, made the thought of his dismissal seem somehow less sensible.”I’ve brought in five new signings this season and of course there will be hiccups,” he said. “Nothing happens in football overnight and all successful clubs have had continuity in terms of management and their board. In an effort to win back the hearts and minds of the club’s disillusioned support the beleaguered Scot turned to television in an attempt to explain his very public predicament.
And it may well be that the sound reasoning and impressive self-confidence which underpinned yesterday’s candid and emotional interview has earned Sir Bobby Robson’s successor a temporary and largely unexpected reprieve.The Newcastle chairman, Freddy Shepherd, will have watched his manager’s carefully phrased verbal offensive with interest and admiration following a constructive meeting between the two on Wednesday.

The embattled Newcastle United manager, Graeme Souness, has launched a staunch defence of his seemingly precarious position at St James’ Park and reiterated his determination to retain control of team affairs on Tyneside. Peichna has scored 16 goals in 17 games for Korona Kielce during the current campaign.Bruce is hoping to take the player, valued at around £700,000, on trial during the mid-winter break in Poland.. The club has granted Chris his wish to move on and I would like to wish him all the best for the future.”Bruce is also showing an interest in the Polish striker Grzegorz Piechna, who has just made his debut for his country. I’m looking forward to getting started for Birmingham City.”Everton, Fulham and Blackburn were also interested in Sutton, who scored 63 goals in 127 matches for the Hoops, whose manager Gordon Strachan expressed his disappointment at losing the player.He told the club’s website: “It is obviously a huge disappointment to lose a player of Chris’ quality. It has been very disappointing for me to leave Celtic but …

I would also like to thank the Celtic fans for their tremendous support. I would like to thank the players and staff at Celtic for making me and my family so welcome. The Blues manager Steve Bruce made an enquiry last week to the Spanish giants regarding Larsson and was initially given some encouragement. But Bar?had a change of heart and Larsson decided to pledge his future to the club for the rest of the season, although he confirmed last night that he would leave at the end of the season.
Bruce then turned his attention to Sutton and the 32-year-old has signed a contract which will keep him at St Andrews until the end of the season. The Birmingham City owners David and Ralph Gold and David Sullivan will fund the deal using their own finances.Sutton said last night: “I had five great years at Celtic under Martin O’Neill. Birmingham City made an audacious attempt to sign the Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson before snapping up his former team-mate at Celtic, Chris Sutton, on a short-term contract.