Zurab Khizanishvili (talking to Sports Writer Luke Edwards): “I know Temuri very well. He is my good friend, one of my best football friends in Georgia. He became one of my best friends when we played together at Dundee.
“He was in Scotland for maybe six months.
"When I was 17, I started in the national team so we played maybe five or six years together for Georgia.
"I am really happy to be following him here because I know he is a big name in Newcastle. When I first arrived here, every single person in the town mentioned him because they know I am from Georgia. They all ask me ‘how is Temuri?’
“I have spoken to him about Newcastle, although he is not going through a good time because he has just been sacked by Olympiakos, just a week or so ago.
“He is back in Georgia and they are talking about giving him the job with the national team.
“When he was at Newcastle, I used to watch the games on TV in Georgia. I was in Tblisi, maybe 14 or 15 years old.
“It was a dream for him to play in the Premier League, especially for a club like Newcastle.”