I think that will probably be happening. The trouble the club has though is that he has been pictured at Newcastle airport, and their is reports in France and over here saying that he has decided to take it upon himself to come here.
It isn't really trouble though, it isn't as though FBI agents are tracking Ben Arfa's every move in England. It would be incredibly easy to set up a meeting with him and as long as he doesn't spill the beans and the representative(s) of NUFC keep things quiet, it's clean sailing. It's incredibly underhand and I wouldn't like it happening with one of our players, say Jose Enrique. But I don't think we're in the position to do things completely above board. This kind of thing happens all the time, particularly on the international stage.
It happens all the time, the difference is though he's all over the internet on a photo of him at Newcastle airport, on top of that he has been wanting a move to us for atleast 3 weeks, and has walked out on his club in the last few days because he can't get a move here, I just don't think "I fancied a night on the Bigg market" is going to hold up.