“Things have taken time to get used to, the weather's not great and people seem to drink beer all the time, but there’s nowhere I’d rather be playing.”

— Obafemi Martins

Martins on settling in Newcastle. [August 8, 2007, http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2007380294,00.html, Obafemi is a real shooting star, The Sun, 2007-08-18]

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