Roeder to Arsenal: N'Zogbia Going Nowhere


By Nick Raynor
November 29 2006

Newcastle United manager Glenn Roeder has warned Arsenal that his young winger Chalres N'Zogbia will NOT be leaving Newcastle.

The Frnechman has been attracting interest from a few clubs, namely Arsenal but Roeder is keen to hang onto him.

Roeder has had experience managing young players, being in charge of Newcastle's academy in the past and also nuturing the talents of Jermaine Defoe, Joe Cole and Michael Carrick at West Ham.

Roeder said:

"Charles N'Zogbia is an exciting talent for us.

"His future is here at Newcastle - and anyone who is mischievously saying otherwise is totally wasting their time.

"Charles is very important in my plans for the future of this club and you do not find players like him growing on trees.

"Fortunately what is helping me to deal with Charles is the fact that I had the likes of Jermain Defoe, Michael Carrick and Joe Cole as players in my time as manager of West Ham, and I found that you cannot expect 20-year-olds to be fantastic every game."

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