Cabaye Rejected Spurs

http://www.nufcblog.com/2012/10/02/cabaye-turned-down-summer-move-to-spurs/

The Mag and Mark Jensen have had a Canal+ interview with Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye translated from the French, and Yohan has revealed that he had an offer to join Tottenham in the summer to replace Luka Modric, who went to Real Madrid, but he turned it down and preferred to stay at Newcastle – good for him – in fact great for him.


When Yohan Cabaye first arrived at Newcastle last summer, and it was a huge coup for us to get such a talented player for just €5M, he said he also had offers from Spain, but wanted to play in the Premier League, which he thought was the best league in the world – he’s right there.

This is what Yohan told Canal+:

“For me the Premier League is the best league in the world, you have to work twice as hard and we know about the high tempo in every match. This is what attracted me and I will develop physically.”

And his manager at Lille, Rudi Garcia, thinks that Yohan is now a much better player than he was while at the French club, with his extra conditioning and playing against top sides every weekend – and of course the games are being broadcast live around the world, and seem to be catching on even over here in the US.

This is what Rudi Garcia said:

“A year on Cabaye is stronger, he has reached maturity, he is a complete player, he can do everything and he can play in the midfield of all top teams in the world”

We heard from Newcastle manager Alan Pardew in early September that a number of Newcastle stars had been tempted away by big clubs in August, and it was thought that Yohan Cabaye was one of them, and it seems it was Tottenham who came in for Yohan – but he turned them down.

This is what Yohan had to say about that:

“The offer from Tottenham was to replace Modric.” “If I had wanted to leave I would have; I have not left, I was not meant to leave as I am still here and I hope a lot of good things will come out of it”.

Alan Pardew was then asked if his French International central midfielder could play for a top team, and the answer to that must have been obvious, after Yohan looked one of France’s best players in June during the Euro 2012 Championships in Poland and the Ukraine.

In any case, this is what Alan Pardew said:

“Could he play for a top team?-Yes, do I want him to go elsewhere? – NO”.

Cabaye’s fellow central midfielder at Newcastle, Cheick Tiote, also turned down a move to Chelsea, on the same day last year that Andy Carroll left for Liverpool, so it’s always good to have players on Tyneside who want to play for Newcastle United – very good in fact.

We can mark down Yohan Cabaye now as one of those players, and he will have endeared himself to the hearts of Newcastle fans everywhere, by the decision he made in the summer – to stay on Tyneside.

 

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Hmmm, I don't think he's in the same league as Modric, but fair play Cabs.

 

Tiote has always stated that the bright lights of London hold no attraction for him. Cabaye must have been flattered to be considered by Spurs as their player of choice to replace Modric. I suspect both would have been offered wages far in excess of those paid currently by NUFC. I genuinely think both players made the right decision to stay put on Tyneside.
As the OP says, it's great to have players of Toite and Cabayes quality positively choosing to stay at our club.

 

Exactly Cabaye is much better

 

Ok, so that's Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal out of the picture... now it's just the two manc clubs to hold off lmao.

 

Great news that Cabaye rejected Spurs. Anytime one of our players rejects a club to stay showing great loyalty is always great, since nowadays everybody looks for $_$ .

Well, unless its Xisco or Ranger rejecting a move.......

 

Do Spurs have a better starting 11 than us? Stronger squad depth tho.

 

I dunno.

Strikers - Ba, Cisse + Ben Arfa as a support striker + Shola. Adebayor, Defoe and Dempsey as a support striker.

It's pretty equal there.

Midfield - Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Tiote, Jonas, Bigi, Anita, Perch, Ferguson, Raylor vs Bale, Lennon, Sigurdsson, Dempsey, Parker, Livermore...

Both defences have injury prone/currently injured players in them.

 

Tottenham are better than us currently but that's because we have been woeful, however I agree in terms of who has a better squad I think it's about equal.

 

The Mag and Mark Jensen have had a Canal+ interview with Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye translated from the French, and Yohan has revealed that he had an offer to join Tottenham in the summer to replace Luka Modric, who went to Real Madrid, but he turned it down and preferred to stay at Newcastle – good for him – in fact great for him.

so ........

was this an official offer that Ashley accepted and Cabaye turned down
or was it an unofficial offer that should be reported for tapping up .......hmmmmm!

is it also this, which upset Pardew, saying his players have had their heads turned before the transfer window shut

 

Heaven knows what might be going on between other clubs and Ashley without Pards knowing.

 

this is what I've been thinking, especially as Pardew has admitted he doesn't talk to Ashley much
wonder how Pardew must of felt if this was through official channels

 

Don't forget Liverpool Tash. They're a much better team than us....... on the History channel.

 

Nice to hear but I dare say we'd be having a different conversation if it was Man U..............

 

Think it'd be for every player in our squad, can't really turn a club like them down can you? (unless you're Shearer)

 

Any developments on Big Al to Blackburn as manager?

 

Henrik Larsson was being linked with the job earlier today, and Solksjaer is being linked too it seems

 

Looks like they'll be doomed one way or the other.

 

Not surprised he was considered as a replacement for Modric, he's a great player.

As for you guys' squad being as good as ours, I disagree. Apart from upfront I can't see any area where you have better or equal depth to us, maybe I'm just biased though.