I mentioned this morning that one way to view the way Mike Ashley runs Newcastle United, is that he runs it like a bank – where the only important thing is money – cool cash.
Bank manager at Newcastle – Mike Ashley
And so when a top club like PSG comes in and offers what the owner wants for one of our very best players – Yohan Cabaye – Mike will sell.
And then once he’s got the money, the owner and Joe Kinnear, our Director of Football will do their level best to bring in a replacement in the few days that are left of the January transfer window – but Newcastle may not be successful in bringing a replacement in.
So would they not do the deal unless they get a replacement in before Saturday – no.
They will always take the money when it’s a big transfer deal for the club, and Alan Pardew will have to make do with what’s left come next Saturday.
Much like it was three years ago when we sold Andy Carroll on January 31st, 2011 – it could be deja vu – all over again.
This is what Alan Pardew has said in his press conference today – yes we play Norwich City tomorrow night in East Anglia:
“Yohan’s been very, very good.” “He’s preparing for the Norwich game. I expect him to play.” “The conversations about him are going on above me. My job is to get the best out of him.”
“He has a great role at this football club. The team is centered around him.” “He’s an important cog in our system. If you take him out of the team, it makes us vulnerable.
“We’ve got to protect ourselves going forward. That’s the situation at the moment.” “We’d need to bring in someone, for sure. “You can’t lose a player of that quality.”
Joe Kinnear – with Mike Ashley’s guidance – will be doing the negotiations to sell Cabaye to PSG, but the man who decides everything in the transfer market is owner Mike Ashley.
And it would be tragic if we sell Cabaye and cannot get a replacement in, and it seems Newcastle’s number one replacement for Cabaye would be 23 year-old Lyon’s Clement Grenier – who would cost around £10M – and he certainly looks a very good skillful player.
Here’s a report we had out earlier today on the Lyon midfielder.
Let’s hope if we do sell Yohan, that we can get Grenier through the door before 11:00 pm on Friday night.
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491 comments so far
Ancientcoptic
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:45 PM
Comment #481In a perfect world, the sale of Cabaye would lead to Pardew instructing his coaches that long-ball is completely off the menu for Newcastle in future, with our long ball specialist gone.
This would lead to a tighter passing game and an improvement in our overall style of football…
As great a player as Cabaye is, he does play a lot of first time threaded passes and long-balls, which are great when they work, but come with a certain amount of risk when they don’t.
He will have to be at the very top of his execution at PSG, they will not tolerate giving he ball away.
ErnestHemingway
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:45 PM
Comment #482And I will drink anything I can get my hands on. I once drank petrol out of a tramps shoe.
Toon Tang
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:46 PM
Comment #483http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ddtnNKcSO0&feature=youtu.be
this is it ^^^
belgrade fan
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:48 PM
Comment #484And we play like shit without Cabs. just remember WH game, even Fulham. Man City I wont comment. We will keep playing like shit without him, there is nobody to connect team
ErnestHemingway
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:49 PM
Comment #485Ed’s in bed. Wake up, man. There’s a shit storm-a-brewing
Big Pappa Cissé
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:49 PM
Comment #486@ Premiership
It is only a good deal if you reinvest immediateley man.
M’biwa, Sissoko & Gouffran were bought out of desperation not ambition. Big Mike still has the record T.V. money burning a hole in his pocket FFS.
Short of Ashley knocking on your door and kicking you in the balls there isn’t much more he cand do to disrespect NUFC fans after all he has done.
jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:51 PM
Comment #487Ibiza…that broken prose was from both of us! Honestly! 😉 lol
Blofal
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:55 PM
Comment #488Bye bye Cabaye.
So now at the end of the season we will have no…
Gutierrez
Cisse
Remy
Shola
Cabaye
Colo (possibly)
Gosling
Add to that possible departures of
Obertan
Marveaux.
We are going to have some shopping to do.
DoctorZelig
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:55 PM
Comment #489I for one am very happy that he was not sold to another English club.
Getting 20 mil from abroad is very good compared to what we paid for him.
We are in no way competing with Paris SG so no loss there.
Don’t get me wrong I would much rather he played for us for the remainder of his career but that was just not realistic with our current level of ambition defined by our financial situation. We do not have a never ending supply of oil in our purse so we have to make due.
It would have hurt me if he had joined Man’ure or Arsesnal so I am sort of relieved….
solano
Jan 27, 2014 at 11:56 PM
Comment #490Building bricks for progress, taken out to be replaced at a later date by ones which may well prove to be inferior. This isn’t a bluprint for progress it’s a short term gamble for profit. The squad is filled with flawed talent, limited ability and downright wasters.
Despite the plethora of evidence now stacked up;the lack of investment from a relative position of strength, incredibly bad appointmnets and 3 failed relaunches of an academy- the debate hasn’t really moved on on this blog.
The blind faithers/apologists really do have the club they deserve. The vast majority with any analytical nous whatsoever, can see what has become of this club and need to think of any small way they can contribute to ending this farce.
No one can blame Cabaye for wanting out. They sold him a vision which was to push on, yet the seeds of his discontent were sown 18months ago after our 5th placed finish when that summer another opportunity was quite deliberately ignored.
Mister Tuff
Jan 28, 2014 at 12:15 AM
Comment #491I cannot believe that Percy was without prior knowledge to this sale. The three of them are following the script to the letter. Mr Tubbs is the master villain, Joking Joe, takes the flak -especially after saying nobody would be sold. Percy feigns surprise and horror suggesting blame upon the other two (not me guv’nor). Percy retains unbelievable good manager status with the usual dopes with his “amazing” prediction there would be no action until the last week of the window.
Everything running to script to fool the Geordies.