Robson puts his faith in Bernard

Sir Bobby Robson is challenging Olivier Bernard to repay Newcastle’s investment in him against the club which tried to snatch the Frenchman from under their noses.

The 22-year-old defender’s representatives had agreed terms for the player to move to West Ham - tomorrow night’s opening Barclaycard Premiership opponents for United - during the summer, only for the furious Magpies to launch a bitter tug of war to keep hold of him.