"It's really special to be back. I think we can turn this into a better season than it might have seemed.
"I'd love to win titles, silverware. To give everything I can so that at the end of my career I can look back and have no regrets. Why not here? It's a beautiful club.
"There's everything here to succeed; a great stadium and infrastructure, brilliant fans, good players. Everything is in place."
"I feel a great sense of pride to see all the French players arriving," he said. "They are great signings. We've recruited very well."
Ben Arfa is keen to repay manager Pardew for the faith shown in him, adding: "We have a good relationship.
"He's given me a lot of responsibility, but he's done it gradually, so he's learnt exactly where I play best. And he now has confidence in me, which has really helped my game. I want to repay him for that."