The DR Congo striker said on his website that he would much rather go out on loan than sit on the bench at Newcastle.

SIR BOBBY ROBSON: "How dare he say this? I run this football club, not LuaLua, and I decide who does or does not go out on loan.

"If he has anything to say he should do it the honest way and come and see me face to face and not go behind my back and put it on his website.

"What he should be doing is honouring his contract with this football club. As far as we are concerned, we are honouring our obligations to him.

"He is a big friend of Laurent Robert and he should have taken a leaf out of his book. Robert has seen the error of his ways, and now that he is not saying things on his website the results are there for everyone to see with his performances on the field.

"We have got some great lads and players at this football club, but at times I get brassed off with the modern professional footballer.

"Some of them talk a good game when all I want from them is to play a better game.

"LuaLua has been a pretty poor professional about all this. What he should do is keep his mouth shut and get out there and do what he is paid for.

"He couldn't even get through his training session with us yesterday. He had my support, but if I had known about the things he had said on his website then I would have been a different animal to him.

"LuaLua is way out of order and I feel as though I have been let down."