Newcastle United defender Fabricio Coloccini admits he came close to signing for San Lorenzo last season.

But the Argentine insists he's happy to stay on Tyneside.

Coloccini said: "I was very close of going back to San Lorenzo but Newcastle are my employers and they wanted me to stay.

"However at one point it looked like there was going to be an agreement."

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