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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
If rotting in the reserves is Ashley's plan who'll look the bigger fool when he leaves on a free at the end of the season.
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Cabaye when he realizes his contract still has 2 years left to run at that point.
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Cabaye’s behaviour does not paint him in a favourable light as he has effectively gone on strike at St James’ Park in the hope he can bully the club into selling him.
It is not a tactic that is likely to work with owner Mike Ashley adamant he will not sell for less than the £20 million he quoted Arsenal when rejecting their opening bid of £10.2 million last week.
That could leave Cabaye in an extremely awkward position. Newcastle fans can forgive a lot, but disloyalty and a lack of effort to the cause are cardinal sins, and the player must hope Arsenal want him enough to meet Newcastle’s terms for a transfer or beg for forgiveness.
Newcastle have two important factors in their favour. The three years remaining on Cabaye’s contract and the fact the former Lille star wants to play for France in next summer’s World Cup and cannot afford to be ostracised from his club for any length of time.
“If Arsenal want to sign the player they’re going to need to sign him soon because at some point we’re just going to say no,” Pardew said. “That’s a position we’ll get to in a couple of days unless something gets resolved.
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Factor in his desire for wanting to play in next year's world cup and that's checkmate for Mike again. Cabaye has 2 options, apologize to Newcastle and the fans or pray Arsenal will pay up.
This is the story of a football club being ridden to hell, we don't like it and there's nothing we can do about it except sit back and watch the whole thing burn to the ground, welcome to Newcastle United, the most dysfunctional club in England.
Cabaye brought this upon himself, Don't get me wrong, if Arsenal suddenly bid for me I'd want to get away from the fire asap but the way he's went about it has been terrible. Representatives were apparently in London last night to discuss a £16 million deal, take that with a pinch of salt though. Papers say £20 million then £16 million but the only man in the country that knows anything (Mike Ashley) never says a word..