Fabricio Coloccini committed to Newcastle United after agreeeing to remain on Tyneside for the rest of the season I love football and once I am on the pitch, it is different. The problems I have are outside the pitch. I think if you look at a game like Norwich or the last few games, I have played normally. The results were not the best, but I have given everything to try to win. I heard in the city and around the club that the fans think I have my head elsewhere thinking about other things, or that I am not the same player as last season. But like I say, for me football is my life, I love it. When I am on the pitch, I give everything to win. I give 100 per cent. I did that at Newcastle United, Deportivo La Coruna or any club I've played at. The fans have to know and be sure that when I am the field, I give 100 per cent. I am the captain of the team and I take the responsibility. I think everybody has problems outside of their work in life. It is difficult, but now I am here and all I have in my head is to make sure we are in the Premier League next year. That is my only objective. Coloccini also moved to clear up the contents of an open letter he wrote to Argentinian club San Lorenzo, who had hoped to sign him had he left Newcastle, in which he apparently expressed regret at his failure to be released from his contract at St James' Park. Pardew claimed yesterday that the meaning of the player's comments had been lost in translation, and the defender insisted that had been the case. He said: "In the last few days, the newspapers picked up a letter that I wrote. The letter is true, but the meaning of it is different once translated from Spanish to English. I never said that I would go back to San Lorenzo. I never spoke to any team - the only reason to go back to Argentina would have been personal problems. But they knew I am a supporter of San Lorenzo and the fans were excited because they thought 'he supports us and this is a big chance to come to San Lorenzo'. The rumours were crazy because they thought I was coming back. Coloccini admitted the personal problems which prompted his request have been difficult to handle, and thanked both the club and its fans for their continuing support. He said: "Everybody in life has problems and it is normal. That is life. I am alone here with my family. We don't have grandparents here or uncles and aunties. It does make it difficult, not for me personally because I come to work everyday, but for my kids and wife. Here though, the club and the fans are my family at the moment. The love that they give to me with my song and on the pitch for me is fantastic. It's the best present they can give me.