Manchester United utility player Quinton Fortune has distanced himself from rumours linking him with a move to Premiership rivals Newcastle. "I have heard the stories that Newcastle are interested but it is just speculation," Fortune, 28, told South African football magazine Kick Off.
"My manager has heard nothing concrete on the Newcastle issue.
"Every time I pull on a United shirt, I have to check myself. It's me, Quinton, playing for Manchester United.
Fortune is not a regular in the United team, but said that he is determined to wait for his opportunities.
"There are times when you sit on the bench and ask yourself `what is happening to my life?' but every single game is a highlight," he said.
"I never see myself as just a squad member. I see myself as a first-teamer.
"A club like United needs lots of players even if some of them are not always in the first XI.
"You have to work really hard and you have to be really patient."
Fortune, whose contract expires at the end of next season, joined United in 1999 from Atletico Madrid for �1.5m and has made more than 100 appearances for the Old Trafford club.
He is due to link up with his team-mates next week at their training camp in the Algarve.
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