Fabricio Coloccini has offered Newcastle United a boost by committing to next season.
Coloccini - whose contract expires in 2016 - has now declared his intention to begin a seventh season on Tyneside.
"For sure. I'm going to be here," he told the Shields Gazette.
"I had personal problems. Sometimes it's tough. You have to decide between the problems and the work.
"Sometimes it's too difficult. Now it's finished, and next season I will be here. I'm looking forward to improving.
"We want the best for Newcastle United. This season we finished top 10, and maybe we will bring some players (in the summer).
"We will try to do well and finish in the top eight, or something like that. We will always try to improve."
