By Patrick Haond Last updated: 24th November 2009
Pancrate: Happy to join Newcastle
Newcastle United new boy Fabrice Pancrate has expressed his happiness after securing a deal at St James' Park.
Pancrate had spent the past fortnight on trial with the Championship leaders after being released by Paris St Germain over the summer.
He had also been on the radar of Portsmouth, Burnley and Sheffield United, and had been training with PSG's reserves to maintain his fitness.
And, after securing a deal until the end of the season at Newcastle, the forward acknowledged his pride at joining the club.
"I am very happy," Pancrate told Aujourd'hui en France.
"Newcastle is a very great club with wonderful facilities and amazing fans.
"I thank PSG for letting me have training sessions with the reserves during the past four months."
Pancrate could now make his Magpies debut at home to Swansea on Saturday after being an unused substitute in Monday night's 1-0 win at Preston North End.

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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 13th February | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| 18:00 | AS Nancy vs PSG |
| 18:00 | Le Mans vs Sochaux |
| 18:00 | Lille vs Boulogne |
| 18:00 | Monaco vs Marseille |
| 18:00 | Montpellier vs Grenoble |
| 18:00 | Valenciennes vs Nice |
| 20:00 | Lyon vs Lens |
| Sunday 14th February | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| 16:00 | Auxerre vs Rennes |
| 16:00 | Lorient vs Toulouse |
| 20:00 | Bordeaux vs St Etienne |
| Saturday 20th February | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| 18:00 | Boulogne vs Le Mans |
| 18:00 | Grenoble vs Valenciennes |
| 18:00 | Lens vs Monaco |
| 18:00 | Nice vs Lorient |
| 18:00 | St Etienne vs Montpellier |
| 20:00 | PSG vs Toulouse |
| Sunday 21st February | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| 16:00 | Marseille vs AS Nancy |
| 16:00 | Sochaux vs Lyon |
| 20:00 | Rennes vs Lille |
| Saturday 27th February | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| 18:00 | AS Nancy vs Grenoble |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 7th February | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| St Etienne 3 - 0 Monaco | |
| Toulouse 0 - 0 Lyon | |
| Marseille 5 - 1 Valenciennes | |
| Saturday 6th February | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| Boulogne 0 - 2 Montpellier | |
| Grenoble 5 - 0 Auxerre | |
| Nice 1 - 1 Lille | |
| Lens 2 - 1 Le Mans | |
| PSG 0 - 3 Lorient | |
| Rennes 4 - 2 Bordeaux | |
| Sochaux 1 - 1 AS Nancy | |
| Sunday 31st January | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| Auxerre 1 - 0 St Etienne | |
| Valenciennes 1 - 1 Sochaux | |
| Lyon 2 - 1 PSG | |
| Saturday 30th January | |
| French Ligue 1 | |
| Bordeaux 0 - 0 Boulogne | |
| Le Mans 1 - 3 Toulouse | |
| Monaco 3 - 2 Nice | |
| Lille 1 - 0 Lens | |
| Montpellier 2 - 0 Marseille | |
| Rennes 4 - 0 Grenoble | |
| AS Nancy 1 - 0 Lorient | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bordeaux | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Montpellier | 23 | 45 |
| 3 | Lille | 23 | 41 |
| 4 | Lyon | 23 | 40 |
| 5 | Marseille | 22 | 39 |
| 6 | Monaco | 23 | 39 |
| 7 | Auxerre | 23 | 39 |
| 8 | Rennes | 23 | 37 |
| 9 | Lorient | 23 | 35 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 23 | 33 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 23 | 32 |
| 12 | Nancy | 23 | 31 |
| 13 | Sochaux | 22 | 31 |
| 14 | RC Lens | 23 | 30 |
| 15 | Paris St Germain | 23 | 29 |
| 16 | St Etienne | 23 | 23 |
| 17 | Nice | 23 | 23 |
| 18 | Le Mans | 23 | 16 |
| 19 | Boulogne | 23 | 16 |
| 20 | Grenoble | 23 | 10 |
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