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Manchester City target Ayoze Perez has vowed not to leave Newcastle after insisting he made the right, life-changing decision to join the Magpies 12 months ago. The 21-year-old Spaniard attracted interest from Real Madrid when he left Tenerife last summer but opted to join Newcastle. And even though his club endured a difficult campaign and only avoided relegation on the last day of the season, Perez impressed, scoring seven goals and featuring in 36 of their 38 league games. Newcastle caretaker manager John Carver said City, who are looking to acquire more young players, were admirers of Perez when he said that assistant manager Brian Kidd had asked about the forward. But Perez is adamant that he wants to stay at St James' Park, telling Diario de Avisos: "Newcastle has changed my life. "It was a hard decision to leave Tenerife but it is a decision I do not regret having taken -- it was the right one. I'm very happy at Newcastle and I feel overvalued here. "I don't want to leave. The first 10 weeks were very hard, I had to work hard to get up to speed but I knew that an opportunity to start a game would come with the passage of time." Perez, who cost Newcastle £1.5 million, scored winners against Tottenham and Liverpool in his debut season in England.
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