ALAN Shearer is delighted to welcome back Sebastien Bassong for Saturday's trip to Stoke and says the young French defender has been a ''top performer'' for the Magpies this season.
The 22-year-old has overcome a groin injury which kept him out of last weekend's home defeat against Chelsea and is set to travel with the squad to the Potteries.
And, having been a keen observer of Bassong's progress in his maiden season on Tyneside, Shearer knows how much of a boost it is to have the Clairefontaine Academy graduate available for United's survival run-in.
"It will be a big boost," he told nufcTV.
"We left him alone last weekend to make sure he would be fit for this weekend.
"He's been a top performer for Newcastle this season.
"He's come in and settled down very well and for a youngster has taken to the Premier League extremely well.
"He's big, strong and quick and we're going to need him in the next few games and he'll be a big player for us.
"I'm delighted and I'm keeping my fingers crossed there's no reaction to his injury and he's OK to travel with the squad."
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