loki679 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Well that's a kick in the tits. Factor in wages, boreholes, agents fees etc and we'll have about £2m left for transfer fees. Still, Portsmouth, Leeds blah blah, oh fuck it all to hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'm pretty sure he would have bought out his contract for £5m in the summer if we rejected the bid, so we have done well to eke out 4 times his sale value from PSG. Depressing to lose a good player but there wasn't much that could be done. We did well to have him in the team playing well over half a season. I seem to remember the Carroll money whilst not used instantly was used to buy several good players. Like Cabaye. Under Levy there were a few years if mid table mediocrity before they used player sales to significantly improve. It is not doom and gloom just yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Just watch now how many transfers go through that haven't been talked about yet (other clubs obviously). PSG made this £14m bid at the weekend and the whole thing got sorted for Mon night. There is ample time left if we wanted to spend the money. Shit, even two weeks ago, the worst case for Cabella seemed that it was only an agreed deal incase we sold Cabaye. If they really wanted to there is absolutely nothing stopping them, even this late, going to the likes of Soton for Lallana or Derby for Hughes. Imagine Pardew if Everton had sold Barkley for £30m yesterday, he would have been driving a replacement down there as "there's nothing you can do to stop that". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 what if Cabaye remained and got injured just after close of the transfer market and was out till the end of the season, I'm pretty sure the problem would be covered through use of the present squad or we get a free agent, so I cannot see what the issue is, managed without Carole didn't we. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Maybe they won't agree personal terms? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That's a pretty convincing delegation. Ideally we can start using Hatem more now. he'll be our best player until the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Lol at those who spin selling our best player into a positive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Lol at those who spin selling our best player into a positive You just know we wont replace him and end up fucked until end of season, he works his arse off also and we will miss that. Guaranteed to lose tonight even though it should not affect the players that much. Pardew will probably do something stupid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidfieldGeneral Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Has anyone came out & confirmed this yet or is it still just the word of "sky sources" ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 There is nothing positive about this at all its a fucking giant pisstake if the highest order. Not even an amazing fee I would say its a bit under what he is worth as a footballer but its way under what he was worth to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That's a pretty convincing delegation. Ideally we can start using Hatem Obertan more now. he'll be our best worst player until the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 If we don't replace him, and given previous form that's not improbable, add in the 60 million TV money that's remained untouched, would 80 million have been wiped from our loan from Ashley? Ahem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Intercepting Fist Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 We have enough in midfield to survive until the end of the season since we're only in 1 competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
basjen Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That's a pretty convincing delegation. Ideally we can start using Hatem Obertan more now. he'll be our best worst player until the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 We have enough in midfield to survive until the end of the season since we're only in 1 competition. Oh how fantastic it would be to survive!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 We are a small time, unambitious w*** of a club that has won f*** all since 1969. Anybody who thinks selling our best player is a good idea needs rogering by the thousands of mackems who are pissing themselves laughing. My sentiments exactly. Considering our clubs potential, the lack of ambition is staggering/embarrassing. Now to watch as Pardew squirms for the rest of the window trying to pretend the club is working on getting in a couple of players, to then claim we couldn't "get them over the line", when the window has shut. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 He wanted Champions League football now yeah ok it was a stretch for us this season but had the daft fat cunt just invested a little in a striker, I mean Gomis and LDJ how much would that have cost ? Keep Yo and have a good go at the top four finish, we don't make it he was always going to recoup any investment by selling Cabaye in the summer. Had we made it he keeps Yo and has the extra Champions League money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 If we don't replace him, and given previous form that's not improbable, add in the 60 million TV money that's remained untouched, would 80 million have been wiped from our loan from Ashley? Ahem. Football clubs have other costs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 If we don't replace him, and given previous form that's not improbable, add in the 60 million TV money that's remained untouched, would 80 million have been wiped from our loan from Ashley? Ahem. Football clubs have other costs Yeah but that 80 million is on top of what we have accomodated for in last few years anyway. At least 40 of that should be spent on transfers, as that is more than we expect or require to cover club costs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 If we don't replace him, and given previous form that's not improbable, add in the 60 million TV money that's remained untouched, would 80 million have been wiped from our loan from Ashley? Ahem. Football clubs have other costs Which were already accounted for and paid from current revenues. We are making profit remember? Unless there's an extra £80m of spending this year that nobody's mentioned. HBAs tab at munchies coming due maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 It is a shame that we won't get an answer as to what Joe Kinnear meant by no one will leave this window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 It is a shame that we won't get an answer as to what Joe Kinnear meant by no one will leave this window. No one will leave this window until Lee has licked it clean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Given the Yohan/Riot song, It's probably best we prepare ourselves for the inevitable 'lock up your horses' jokes... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 From .com. Haven't seen them put things this way for a while. It's sounds like this place. Reports circulating on Monday evening that a revised bid of an undisclosed value from PSG for Yohan Cabaye was accepted by Newcastle have now been confirmed. The player will now leave the United squad preparing for Tuesday's match at Norwich to undergo a medical before signing on the dotted line at Parc des Princes. Cabaye is in line to debut at home to Bordeaux on Friday evening and should make a return to Champions League action midway through next month, when PSG face Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their last 16 tie. What proved to be Yohan's final action as a Magpie came at Upton Park on January 18th, an added time free kick hitting the net for his 18th Toon goal in his 93rd game. Tragic and inevitable in equal measure, Cabaye's exit is the latest manifestation of our declared policy to buy players, increase their market value and sell for profit. That's a bigger version of Crewe Alexandra's vision - but lacking any elements of success, ambition or silverware. Keeping hold of Cabaye in August was a genuine plus, his goals and general play instrumental in our current top ten placing. Where we'd be without him is unthinkable. Like the Carroll sale, the supporters become victims of his success. The points earned via him have propelled us to a place of safety now - meaning that he can be cashed in on with no threat to our top-flight status and the rest of the season can be written off as a non-event. They may have more time than when Andy Carroll left in 2011, but whether United have the ability and desire to sign a replacement this week remains to be seen. Given previous experience you'd think not, on the basis that we're not in the perilous situation of a year ago and there's therefore no need to actually spend any cash on a permanent signing. It's debatable whether a loan would even be sanctioned by this mob, if they think we can muddle on until the summer with what we've got. Quite what effect this has on United's French contingent (in particular Mathieu Debuchy) is another imponderable, but in it immediately hands Hatem Ben Arfa a route back into the side and sees messrs Obertan and Marveaux undeservedly edge back into the first team picture. Whether overseas players (and their agents) now view Newcastle as a valid career move in the light of Cabaye's elevation at both club and international level is one line of thinking, but that edges further towards the football mercenary scenario and relies on the scouting network continually sifting out chancers like Xisco from talents. Cabaye isn't the first and certainly won't be the last fan favourite to leave, but in terms of replacing optimism with disillusionment for another generation his absence will be keenly felt. No player is bigger than the club, but there's a void that needs to be filled very urgently. The only slight benefit is that he's not remained in the Premier League, thus making it easier for us to "move on".... The wisdom of building a successful team round a strong spine becomes ever more difficult to apply when looking at our current squad - and this summer looks like being among the busiest for years in terms of player exits. The unrelenting diet of disappointment that Newcastle supporters are fed shows no sign of altering, but while this remains a one club city, its fan base is no longer as stoic or steadfast as it once was. Estranged, perhaps. "Good business" then we'll doubtless be told, but another one those invisible threads connecting fans to their club has been severed when the proceeds are just trousered. Sadly, it becomes ever more justifiable for fans to also decide that it's "good business" for them not to buy tickets - not just for meaningless cup ties, but for what are meaningless league games. Presumably the players would be fined for finishing in a European spot. There comes a point when people say "why bother" to financially or emotionally back a club whose deliberate policy is not to achieve anything of worth on the field. Selling your best player - again - is a neat way of highlighting that policy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Good post that from .com. Good summary at the end. Though the summer would be the time to judge the impact of such a sale. If renewal time comes and goes and the result is much the same that's a tacit confirmation that the club can ride roughshod. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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