Montpellier manager Rolland Courbis, who doesn’t seem to have a high opinion of either Newcastle United or Newcastle upon Tyne (strange fellow) has admitted that Cabella’s move to Newcastle is already 90% complete.
Rolland Courbis – Newcastle’s first offer ridiculous
Of course no deal is ever certain until the player actually signs on the dotted line, and even when everything has been agreed, the player can fail his medical.
That’s what happened with Demba Ba at Stoke City in January of 2011, before he went to West Ham that same month and then ended up at Newcastle in the summer as a free agent, after the Hammers were relegated.
This is what the Montpellier manager told RMC last night:
“It is 90% there, not yet 100%. It is not yet complete, but certainly on the way to getting there. Talks are ongoing, especially regarding bonus payments. I am not worried about it. Laurent and Louis Nicollin were right to reject their initial, vexing offer which was ridiculous.”
In truth Courbis is probably right to say our initial offer was far too low, for such a good player.
The French press are still reporting there is no agreement yet on Cabella’s wages, but Newcastle will be able to offer Remy a very attractive compensation package and much more than he;s currently getting at the French club, so we don’t see that as a problem.
We should have the player signed sometime on Monday – when he jets into Newcastle to take his medical and complete the deal.
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257 comments so far
Tsunki
Jul 12, 2014 at 11:47 PM
Comment #241So, as you may already know, I can’t be bothered to backtrack or do research, so can anyone tell me why Eds blog is blocked by newsnow?
Belfast
Jul 12, 2014 at 11:50 PM
Comment #242Well Skunki, That’s classified information, and classified information can’t be shared 🙂
Thump
Jul 12, 2014 at 11:53 PM
Comment #243@Tsunki: NewsNow is just a bit dodgy. Every now and then it’ll block sites after it’s decided it’s a spam site. It might be because Ed has been posting a lot during the day (obviously because he’s been on holiday) so it’s been flagged. He’ll send an email to them and they’ll unblock him, that’s just how it works.
Belfast
Jul 12, 2014 at 11:53 PM
Comment #244Something to do with this site redirecting you to another site or something like that.
I know you’ve been thinking Ed was a naughty boy.
Tsunki
Jul 13, 2014 at 12:02 AM
Comment #245Cheers thump. Saved me a lot of unnecessary thinking 🙂
Belfast – you were no help at all. Thanks.
Tsunki
Jul 13, 2014 at 12:10 AM
Comment #246Have we signed anyone since June? I’ve been away a while. Took my eye off the ball you could say. Or got bored you could also say.
Belfast
Jul 13, 2014 at 12:18 AM
Comment #247No skunki, no one over the line so to speak.
Although the Looney mob in the twatter land have us signing every man and his dog.
Bids in, bids accepted, bids rejected etc etc.
Tsunki
Jul 13, 2014 at 12:24 AM
Comment #248I thought so. It’s why I’ve been away for a while
Guess it’s probably a good idea to just check in when the new season starts and we have our new squad of Purples proved and firing on all four for a top table finish
Ha dee ha.
Belfast
Jul 13, 2014 at 12:24 AM
Comment #249Think me and you could go into this Itk business together like.
I can be the football agent with various contacts through out the game, and you can be the former sports journalist, who still has some old contacts in game.
Belfast
Jul 13, 2014 at 12:29 AM
Comment #250We could call ourselves whatever we wanted.
If they believe someone called the anfield mole, or the Looney toon, they’ll certainly believe us two scallywags.
jimmysmith
Jul 13, 2014 at 1:24 AM
Comment #251Is Ashley about to start running the club like a serious competitive elite football club. Holy shit, we’ve waited so long and endured so much. If that happens, I’m wiping the slate totally clean. I may even forgive my ex wife.
ochytoon
Jul 13, 2014 at 2:06 AM
Comment #252Apparently Grenier’s been spotted in Newcastle, there’s a pic on twitter. Could be legit but it’s hard to tell since the backgrounds blurry.
Thump
Jul 13, 2014 at 3:05 AM
Comment #253@ochytoon: It’s not Newcastle mate, it’s France. Cars are on the wrong side of the road – and the lad who started it (@LdnToon it admitted it was a joke, then had a bit of banter with a few people who believed him.
Spoof
Jul 13, 2014 at 3:47 AM
Comment #254Don’t get to carried away with this Ashley ambition view, as refreshing as it is to see us improve our offer up to the going rate it was probably done out of necessity as continuing as we were would surely have seen us go down, it was probably done to safeguard rather than to show ambition.
ilovetoon8788
Jul 13, 2014 at 4:41 AM
Comment #255Cabella, De jong, Riviere, Janmaat, Lacazette, Grenier
would be mouth watering..
ilovetoon8788
Jul 13, 2014 at 4:46 AM
Comment #256See that Riviere has 30 assists to his name in 158 appearance. Not bad for winger/striker.
we really mean business in this transfer window i s’pose.
Rotonda heights
Jul 13, 2014 at 10:17 AM
Comment #257Magoo
did see it, many thanks