Ba happy to stay put

by Setanta Staff , 14 February 2012 Ba happy to stay put

Newcastle United star Demba Ba feels he is playing in the best league in the world and wants to win silverware at St James' Park.


The 26-year-old penned a three-year deal on Tyneside last summer and has become an instant hit with the Toon Army, scoring 16 Premier League goals from 21 appearances as Newcastle have exceeded all expectations to sit in sixth place in the standings and in with a chance of playing European football next season.

Ba has just returned from the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal and will be a major player for the north east outfit over the remainder of this season and in the future, while his partnership alongside compatriot Papiss Demba Cisse has already got the Newcastle faithful buzzing.

With the way that both Newcastle and Ba have played this term, the bigger clubs will inevitably come sniffing at some stage, but the French-born star insists his future lies with the Magpies as they look for honours.

"I am already in the best league in the world with all the big teams there is," he said. "I'm very focused on this end of season, we want to achieve something and I would like to see it happen."

 

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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