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ALAN Pardew will welcome back Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye to his squad on Monday after the completion of their extended summer break – and he has admitted he hopes they will soon be joined by new faces.

 

Mecca Bingo: Free Bingo for New Players The pair were granted extra leave after France’s Euro 2012 campaign and have not been present during Newcastle United’s tour of Germany.

 

But how soon it will be before the French duo’s international team-mate, Mathieu Debuchy, will team up with them remains to be seen.

 

United are currently working on three deals involving Debuchy, FC Twente defender Douglas and Liverpool’s disillusioned Gateshead-born striker Andy Carroll. The latter is due to fly to the United States as part of Liverpool's pre-season preparations.

 

Manager Pardew says he is keeping a “close eye” on Carroll and how it pans out. Having already signed Romain Amalfitano and Gael Bigirimana, he said: “I’m hoping to add more senior players.

 

“We’re working hard on those at the moment. We will see what happens.”

 

Pardew’s team arrived in Vienna from Munich last night after flying out from their German HQ.

 

They will play Turkish side Fenerbahçe tomorrow night in Ritzing near the Hungarian border in what will be the final game of their tour.

 

Pardew said: “We’ll play a stronger team in that one. We are in really

 

good shape physically. And the tour has gone really well so far.”

 

United will have a few days back in Newcastle before flying to Portugal for the Algarve Tournament at the end of next week.

 

Both Ben Arfa and Cabaye could get their first run-outs of pre-season in the games against Braga and Greek side Olympiakos. Pardew is using the two tours to get his players in shape for the Europa League and feels that all of the travelling will leave his players in good stead.

 

Meanwhile, Papiss Cissé has shaken off an illness and joined the players on a white water rafting experience.

 

Pardew will make a late call on whether he faces the Turks tomorrow night in Austria.

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Just found some pretty interesting stats about hatem  :smitten: :

Best dribbler of the Premier League :

 

1-Hoilett  , 34 games  , 2.6  succesful Drb per games  , total succ dribble = 87 ,  minutes played =2955 : 1  Drb every 34 minutes

2-Moses ,  36(2) games , 2.5  succesful Drb per games , total succ dribble = 95 , minutes played =3217: 1 Drb every  34 minutes

3-Suàrez , 29(2) games , 2.5 succesful Drb per games , total succ dribble= 76 , minutes played =2554  : 1 Drb every  33.5 minutes

4-Dembélé , 33(3) games , 2.3 succesful Drb per games ; total succ dribble = 79 , minutes played =2940 : 1 Drb every  37 minutes

5-Ben Arfa , 16(10) games , 2.0 succesful Drb per games ; total succ dribble = 52 , minutes played = 1556 : 1 Drb every [glow=red,2,300]30 minutes[/glow]

 

So , i let you make any analysis ...

(www.whoscored.com)

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HATEM Ben Arfa’s unlikely to play in Newcastle United’s games on the Algarve.

 

The forward is yet to meet up with his team-mates after being given an extended break following his involvement in France’s Euro 2012 campaign.

 

Ben Arfa will instead link up with his colleagues in Portugal.

 

Manager Alan Pardew and his players flew to Faro this morning ahead of tomorrow night’s game against Olympiakos.

 

While Ben Arfa’s countryman Yohan Cabaye was back on Tyneside for training this week, Ben Arfa has been given permission to fly directly to Portugal, where United also have a game against Braga on Saturday night.

 

As Ben Arfa hasn’t trained ahead of the games, the 25-year-old will most likely be held back until Newcastle’s next game, the trip to Holland to face Den Haag on August 4.

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Drama at French FA! Hatem Ben Arfa's father & agent come to blows outside French HQ. 'You stole my son!' shouted Papa HBA (via RMC)

 

Blimey  :undecided: I normally assume Agents being arseholes but hope he doesn't mean stole him to england lol, he;s not that far away from france

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