He has told his friend, the long serving Lille right back and French International, 26 year-old Mathieu Debuchy, to come join him at Newcastle: “I told my friend Mathieu Debuchy he should come here. He said he would love to come to England and Newcastle. He would like to come here!”
“Newcastle now has a big reputation in France. When we play, French TV now shows Newcastle games. They try to show every game and support them.”
Mathieu Debuchy was like Cabaye, in that he joined Lille at a young age and has played there since 2003, and the right-back has so far made 279 appearances for the French Champions with 17 goals.
He has played 3 times for France, but whether he’s good enough to come to Newcastle we don’t know, since it seems Newcastle are very likely to bring in Erik Pieters in the summer from PSV, the Dutch International left back.
Debuchy has been linked with Spanish club Valencia over the last month.
Both players were born in northern France and joined their nearby home town club Lille, and Yohan played 253 times for Lille with 39 goals and 35 assists before joining Newcastle last year for ?5M, via a release clause in his contract.
Хитрый-хитрый Йоан, теперь Матье уже не отвертеться