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Lille manager announces Cabaye’s departure to Newcastle (+ videos)

May 30th, 2011 | 130 Comments |

Yohan Cabaye - transferring to Newcastle.
Wearing black & white next season
The Lille manager announces French midfielder Yohan Cabaye’s departure to Newcastle United at a press conference.

After his final league match for Lille yesterday, Yohan Cabaye told Lille manager Rudi Garcia that he would indeed be playing his football for Newcastle United next season.

At a press conference after yesterday’s game Garcia said:

“Yohan announced yesterday to me first, then the whole group, that he has made his choice to join Newcastle. It is a choice that I respect, although I would have liked him to stay with us.”

It has apparently surprised a few French pundits in that he’s leaving a team with European qualification for one that finished 12th in the Premier League, but allegedly Cabaye is looking for ‘new challenges’.

Allegedly he cost us about 6 million Euros (£5.2m), which was the cost of his contractual release clause at Lille and it is said that he has signed a 4 year contract at Newcastle. (more…)