Yohan Kebab,Depression & The Taxman(with chilli and garlic)

[ChezGiven 0]

I think you'll find that if you use the past participle of to go, it's spelt 'Rerm'.

[trophyshy 6502]

[trophyshy 6502]

According to L'Equipe, Yohan Cabaye has passed a medical at Monaco.

[Bictor 0]

[Bictor 0]

On a serious note, people (on twitter) are pissing me off moaning about "no ambition", "typical NUFC" blah blah blah . Every player has his price; if Monaco offered a ridiculous amount of money for Cabaye, the only thing you can do is sell him. With the money we get for him we invest, use Graham Carr's scouting abilities and make the squad better. We're a self-sustaining club, this is what people aren't understanding. Mike Ashley isn't going to fork out his own money to buy us players, it's his own money and he has a right to do that. And in the long run it's better for the club. So...one of the best ways to fund transfers is to sell current players. That is where the "every player has his price" comes into play. Assuming, for example, we're making as much money as we're spending regardless of transfers...the money we get for Cabaye can be used by Pardew, Llambias and most importantly, Graham Carr, for the wages and transfer fees of other players. That is a good position to be in. Lets say the Cabaye transfer puts us at +£30M, we could hypothetically then go out and spend £30M on a player if we wanted to or we could let Graham Carr do his thing and find three £10M players that will make the squad better than it previously was.

 

And don't give me this "we won't invest back into the team wah wah" bullshit. Since we've been back in the Premier League we've brought in £64M from transfers and spent £64M....That is the exact definition of investing transfer money back into the team.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Bictor

[Kid Dynamite 6149]

If he's gone I hope it's for £25mil+ with the money they are chucking round. Time for Anita and Sissoko to step up

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Cabaye was shite last season.

[Kitman 2188]

Cabaye was shite last season.

 

Exactly. And if we turn down a top team no doubt he'll sulk and be shite again

[ewerk 27125]

I can't see anything on the L'equipe website and there are no other reliable sources reporting it.

[Kitman 2188]

I want Cabaye to stay but only if his head's in the right place and hasn't been turned by another club. I suspect that was half the problem last season.....

[Tooj 17]

I want Cabaye to stay but only if his head's in the right place and hasn't been turned by another club. I suspect that was half the problem last season.....

 

[Kitman 2188]

Presumably that's the other half of the problem?

[Monroe Transfer 0]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/newcastle-deny-rumour-yohan-cabaye-is-in-monaco-for-medical-8659998.html

[TheMoog 0]

We're a self-sustaining club, this is what people aren't understanding. Mike Ashley isn't going to fork out his own money to buy us players, it's his own money and he has a right to do that. And in the long run it's better for the club.

 

By that I assume you're not counting the £250m (ish) that the club 'owes' Mike Ashley in personal loans? Pretty sure he hasn't written any of that off. Don't doubt for a minute that if we were ever to be sold he'd want that back, so essentially we're still in a vast amount of debt, just to a different lender.

 

I do agree with you though that if someone comes in for a player with a ridiculous offer we should snap it up. Ambition is sometimes about taking risks and we simply don't do that anymore, add Pardew's incompetence and we're going nowhere soon - just another 'also-ran', mid-table club that might occasionally get a break to sit with the real players for a season.

[David Kelly 1117]

We have to accept that as long as we are going to be run the way we are we will sell our best players (regardless of whether this rumor is true) because we won't be able to cement a place in the top four so it's understandable that good players will want to play for the best teams.

If we re invest the money (seems something between twenty and twentyfive million is being talked about) it would certainly benefit us more than having Cabaye with his head not in the game like he was last season. That said he's a really good player who I'd rather we were able to keep a hold of.

[TheMoog 0]

Denied: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/newcastle-deny-rumour-yohan-cabaye-is-in-monaco-for-medical-8659998.html

 

For £23m I'd sell him though.

[Tooj 17]

By that I assume you're not counting the £250m (ish) that the club 'owes' Mike Ashley in personal loans? Pretty sure he hasn't written any of that off. Don't doubt for a minute that if we were ever to be sold he'd want that back, so essentially we're still in a vast amount of debt, just to a different lender.

 

I do agree with you though that if someone comes in for a player with a ridiculous offer we should snap it up. Ambition is sometimes about taking risks and we simply don't do that anymore, add Pardew's incompetence and we're going nowhere soon - just another 'also-ran', mid-table club that might occasionally get a break to sit with the real players for a season.

 

We don't owe Ashley £250 million.

[trophyshy 6502]

£23m? Sell Mortimer, sell. Boreholes won't build themselves.

[StellarStripes 0]

If Cabaye goes for 25mil I'd go straight to Ajax for Christian Eriksen. Like for like replacement.

[2bias 3]

Betting suspended on this. If he goes ill be glad if its out the premier league, £25 million plus and I'd be delighted. Still would rather he stayed though.

[Tooj 17]

Betting suspended means fuck all man.

[Tooj 17]

I can see him going to Monaco as PSG don't need him as they already have Verratti who will eventually be a better player than Cabaye.

[Monroe Transfer 0]

If Cabaye goes for 25mil I'd go straight to Ajax for Christian Eriksen. Like for like replacement.

 

Eriksen can and will do far better than us tbh.

[Kid Dynamite 6149]

I can see him going to Monaco as PSG don't need him as they already have Verratti who will eventually be a better player than Cabaye.

 

Monaco have the jump on every team in France. If they offer Ronaldo £250k pw for example, PSG would need to pay him £1,000,000 pw just to match it thanks to the new super tax in France

[Tooj 17]

I already know man. Zlatan has it in his contract that he will get xx amount per week regardless of any changes in the tax rate.