Yohan Cabaye
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Who would pay 15m for him?
10-12m is all anyone would pay. Whether or not Newcastle will accept that is another matter.
Newcastle are awful to negotiate with though. Plus they know Arsenal are under pressure to buy. They will hold out for about 18million and take it to the last day I reckon.
Hardly. He's exactly the sort of defender Arsenal could use at the moment. Not world-beating, but solid.
They wont, that's what am saying. He's a starter for Newcastle. 10mil doesnt give them any incentive to sell.
The difference is though that he's a starter for Newcastle and one of their most valuable players. They don't desperately need the money, so they have absolutely no reason to sell for that and probably for anything under £20m to be honest.
Well yeah. I guess it comes down to Ashley then. But the point stands, Arsenal's offer is not at all unreasonable.
But if you know the player isn't going to go for anywhere near £10m, then why waste your time with such a low bid? I understand that teams want to start low since you never go in with a massive bid, but £10m is almost silly when you consider that they're probably going to have to pay double that for him. They should've started at around £15m I think.
At best, he's average - though I'd personally go for 'not very good'. He's another one of those last ditch defenders, but he's nowhere near as good at it as Terry or Carragher. His positioning is terrible, and you can almost guarentee that at least once every game or two he will do something incredibly and bafflingly shit... he's like a good version of Titus Bramble basically.
I'd be annoyed that he somehow manages to start for England - if he didn't offer up such comedy gold everytime he does play. Chelsea will concede way more than Mourinho will be comfortable with if him and Terry turn out to be their first choice CB pairing.
Ronnie Wallwork would do a job in their back four to be hair. Possibly William Prunier too.
Second best defence in the PL last year.
An offer of 15m+ would be ridiculous, because he's not worth that to a buying club. Arsenal would have no intention of paying 15-20 million for him. Nor I imagine would any club.
Who knows what Ashley would sell him for. Put the offer in and find out.
BBC saying rumors he may not start tonight,head giddy at joining Wenger apparently.
The problem Arsenal now has is that Gazidis opened his mouth and made public of their spending power. Given that most of their targets haven't come through and the public humiliation that occurred on Saturday, they're now in a state where they may have to overpay cause everyone now perceives that they're desperate for new players AND have money to spend.
Wenger amazingly managed to get Arteta for about 10m on the last day of a window, and get him to take a wage decrease.
So never rule this sort of deal out.
If the price stayed around the 10-12m marker, it would probably be worth us going in for another decent addition.
So never rule this sort of deal out.
If the price stayed around the 10-12m marker, it would probably be worth us going in for another decent addition.
If he's available around the £15m mark, I think he'd be a fantastic stop gap until we can find or develop a seriously good player. Would be disappointed if we didn't sign anyone and he went to Arsenal for around the £15m mark. He may not be the exact player we want but we've gone from Fabregas to Fellaini so I don't buy it.
Pardew confirmed a bid was made on the eve of the match ,but it was unacceptable. Pardew does not sound a happy bunny ,can't blame him.
He's better than Fellaini, would be cheaper too. No brainer. If we are lowering our sights then Cabaye should be fine.
Wenger saw fit to pay £10 million for Oxlade Chamberlain - an untested 17 year old from the Championship. Cabaye is an established French International. Newcastle drive a hard bargain, he'll not go for less than £15 million for me, maybe more.
Surely it was Newcastle who made it public that they rejected the bid same with Everton and our bid?
Certainly would make an interesting situation if we were at all interested - Arsenal have succeed in pissing off Newcastle ahead of arguably the toughest fixture of the season, right at the start of the season might make them more receptive to a bid from someone like ourselves.
Added to that, we did sell them Obertan, so there's that...
How's Moyes' French?
PSG. You know, those guys with all the money who have recently been linked with him in the last week who could have their pick of most midfielders in europe and want Cabaye.
I think £15m is reasonable money for a top 6 club bidding for him. At the end of the day, by making an offer, Wenger is saying that he's an Arsenal quality midfielder, and a regular Arsenal midfielder ought to be worth £15m.
Similar story with us and Fellaini... if he's going to be the core of Manchester United's midfield, then you've got quite a strong case to say he's a £25m player.
Whether either player is "worth" the money is a meaningless question other than that.
Similar story with us and Fellaini... if he's going to be the core of Manchester United's midfield, then you've got quite a strong case to say he's a £25m player.
Whether either player is "worth" the money is a meaningless question other than that.
It makes your point silly, like usual
I'd certainly prefer to start him ahead of Cleverley, Anderson or Giggs.
So you think that because PSG might possibly supposedly maybe be interested in a player, that makes sensible offers from normal clubs laughable?
You're genuinely a terrible, terrible poster. Do one.
Made me laugh.I am so angry about this move. He's not a very good player, he's not worth £15m +, he isn't what we should be looking at and we should have bought someone earlier. If we're going to go mental, go mental on Pogba and bid £30m for someone who at least has world class potential and not this clogger.
You asked who would pay £15 million for him. Dont change the question because you dont like the answer, you're just digging deeper
Ask his wife.
Yeah, PSG potentially and that's it, and it supports my point that 10m is a very reasonable opening offer from a non-oil club. I thought you were insinuating otherwise, but obviously you were agreeing with me, so that's just great.
Well it wasn't his looks...
Cabaye is a quality, French international midfielder. I'd take him here and he'd be a good signing for Arsenal. He'll probably end up choosing PSG though and several more Arsenal fans will die from burst blood vessels.
£10m is what he is worth.
Monaco failing to land Kondogbia, i can see them compete with PSG for Cabaye.
Cabaye is off. Pardew, Carr & JFK at Nice airport after sorting a deal for 2 French players. Apparently.
Any word on how much and if it's to Arsenal? There were rumours that PSG were about to bid for him and he'd prefer a move back to France.
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