I think we all know Cabaye is definitely playing out his last season in black and white, and whether he goes in January or after the World Cup is the only discepancy.
In his French interview he didn't make it clear he wanted to leave, but certainly left his future 'hanging', as though he would wait and see what the World Cup brought him.
Can we blame him? To a degree I would argue it is more disloyal than rooted ambition, but does it matter either way?
Newcastle brought him to the attention of the world by thrusting him into the Premier League, seen by many as the greatest league on the planet, and now he wants MORE!
The fact Cabaye refused to play in the first three games of the season suggests that he was more than prepared to do ANYTHING to quit the Magpies back in August. And he only returned to action when the transfer window closed and the French coach told him he would play no part for France while we was on strike.
In the end it was Joe Kinnear, of all unlikely sources, who refused to take Arsenal's offer unless they upped it to £20m (which we all know didn't happen).
As for Cabaye?
Lee Ryder of the Chronicle reports: "The French players don't get gagged in the media in their own country and much to Newcastle's frustration they say what they want and when they want to.
"United have never been able to stop this from happening because the players hold the cards when it comes to their own PR management."
Newcastle were good enough to offer him a lucrative deal until 2016, and he was happy to take it.
But, like so many Newcastle players of the past, he is looking for involvement on the biggest stage - the Champions League - and he has "£" signs in his eyes.
Some call it ambition - as I'm sure HE does - but it also shows these type of players don't see Newcastle United getting any bigger than they are right now.
And with Alan Pardew shitting himself at the prospect of another European jaunt; and Mike Ashley happy to make money on the sale of players; is Cabaye in the wrong to show a lot more ambition than those two?
He can't argue that Newcastle didn't invest in January with new signings - some arriving due to HIS recommendation!
And he wanted to leave when there were several names on Pardew's shopping list and Ashley seemed ready to splash the cash, so he cannot blame the non-activity in the summer because Pardew spoke of bringing in "three marquee signings".
He wanted to leave long before the window shut.
But is he just one of the scores who have left Newcastle for "bigger fish" in the past - some of them absolute legends - Malcolm Macdonald, 'Barney' Kennedy, Terry McDermott, Chris Waddle, Gazza, Peter Beardsley, Andy Cole, David Ginola, Dietmar Hamann, Jermain Jenas, Shay Given, the list just goes on and on ... (and I'm sure you can add a whole host more).
Until we WIN something, and get a manager who THRIVES on European football, we will see the same thing going on season after season.
The stars will continue to leave!
Source: Newcastle United Mad
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