bawan 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Albert Luque is hoping for a fresh start at Newcastle under new manager Sam Allardyce. The Spanish attacker has not enjoyed the best of times at St James' Park since his £9.5million move from Deportivo La Coruna in 2005. Luque has failed to hold down a place in the Newcastle first team and has managed only 14 starts in his first two seasons. However, the 29-year-old has made a positive start to Newcastle's pre-season. Luque has chipped in with three goals in two outings, against Celtic and Juventus, as Newcastle warm up for the kick-off of the Premier League next month and he admits his confidence and fitness are returning. "This year with Sam my fitness is better," Luque told Newcastle's official website. "I need confidence so the goals for me are important. Now I need more training, more fitness and it will be better for me and for the team. "At the moment my fitness is the best it's been. Now I want to keep it like that. "I work on the training ground so when I play in the matches my fitness is better and I have more options on the pitch. "I want to play well all the time. When I have a chance it is important to play well and score goals. "For me it's an important year. The last two years have been very bad for me and I don't want one more year in the same situation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13924 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 The Spanish attacker has not enjoyed the best of times at St James' Park since his £9.5million move from Deportivo La Coruna in 2005. Ferk me, that's understatement of the "Fumaca isn't the most talented Brazilian I've ever seen" variety, to say the least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser 1053 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Obviously realises hes in the last chance saloon here. Hopefully his actions will speak louder than his words and he'll actually be of use this season. Gets my support to see if he can make the most of that chance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Obviously realises hes in the last chance saloon here. Hopefully his actions will speak louder than his words and he'll actually be of use this season. Gets my support to see if he can make the most of that chance.. That's about right, it was a smuch Roeder's fault as Luques in the past, but now he has a manager who knows what he's doing, will get him fit and prepared and will likely give hima chance when he thinks he's ready, so its there for the taking. Whether he can or not, who knows but i hope he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19717 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 as it looks like we're not signing many more players, we're going to need players like luque at least turning up occasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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