ChezGiven Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Wiki He became a French citizen in October 2006. So no worries... Wont work more than 35 hours a week then. Lucky he's a professional footballer tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LFEE Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I didn't think he had a knee injury tho. Heard an interview with some french media guy ITK on Talksport early June who knew we would sign Rozenthal (sp.), knew Henry was going to move on. He said we were looking at Cacapa then and said out of the two (Ronzenthal and him), Cacapa was the better player. In fact he said he was one of the best if not the best centre half in France over the last 5 years. He said he had fallen out with officials at Lyon so trained with the kids with the final year of his contract which was expiring in the summer. Aladyce was looking at him for Bolton last summer. I also heard that interview. The ITK is Xavier Rivoire their french correspondant. Always sounds like he knows the French scene inside out. Like you say he raved about Cacapa as well as being complimentary about Rozenhal. Let keep our fingers crossed. I know people are worried about his injury record but it will not be a massive risk considering the lack of transfer fee and wages if he has come from the french league. Got a good feeling about this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 hopefully we get him, will bring a bit experiance for the defence maybe our next captain ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 come to think of it, this might be one of Fat Sam's infamous non-appearing signings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sombrero Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 someone help me out here, the way i understand it, hes not actualy with lyon any more as in he was a free agent looking for a new club?, was it his decision to leave lyon? or did they not want him? which is it? and only 6 games last season? thought he was class? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsy Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 someone help me out here, the way i understand it, hes not actualy with lyon any more as in he was a free agent looking for a new club?, was it his decision to leave lyon? or did they not want him? which is it? and only 6 games last season? thought he was class? Fell out with Houllier after he didnt want to sign a new contract, hence no games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 someone help me out here, the way i understand it, hes not actualy with lyon any more as in he was a free agent looking for a new club?, was it his decision to leave lyon? or did they not want him? which is it? and only 6 games last season? thought he was class? http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11806_2407400,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 someone help me out here, the way i understand it, hes not actualy with lyon any more as in he was a free agent looking for a new club?, was it his decision to leave lyon? or did they not want him? which is it? and only 6 games last season? thought he was class? They offered him a contract extension but he told them he wanted to go. Apparently the chairman was a bit annoyed because he claimed they had supported him earlier in his time there by giving him a new contract while he had a knee injury: "It is up to him to say clearly what he wants to do, said Aulas (Lyron Chairman). I like Claudio a lot. I extended his contract while he had a knee injury. It's now time for pay-back" EDIT, beat me to it Baggio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 come to think of it, this might be one of Fat Sam's infamous non-appearing signings When you log-on do you leave a sign on the door saying 'Gone fishing'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gemmill Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 come to think of it, this might be one of Fat Sam's infamous non-appearing signings When you log-on do you leave a sign on the door saying 'Gone fishing'? "Do not disturb: wanker at work" tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SLK Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Good signing, could be a great signing! One thing, if he's a free agent, why has he taken so long to sign for a club, and thus isnt match fit for the start of the season? Good point. If he's a free agent and he's so good, how has it taken him until August to find a club? Genuine question. Viduka and Geremi were snapped up in no time when clubs found they were available. Maybe he needed to think about his future over the holidays month while at the same time see what his current team were going to do for him to presuade him to stay or something...I mean his mind wasn't made up yet to take the next step...Maybe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydie Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 He's been listed on several wiki's as having moved to a club in Saudi or Qattar (al Rayyan?). So maybe he'd agreed to do that till we came knocking. It is a bit of a concern that he's not had a pre-season and not had much of a last season either. Still, he's only 31 and given that he's been around for a week before we've signed him you'd have to assume he's had a thorough check out by the medics. After all, that Argentine midfielder only lasted one day on trial before he was sent packing for being out of shape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gemmill Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Good signing, could be a great signing! One thing, if he's a free agent, why has he taken so long to sign for a club, and thus isnt match fit for the start of the season? Good point. If he's a free agent and he's so good, how has it taken him until August to find a club? Genuine question. Viduka and Geremi were snapped up in no time when clubs found they were available. Maybe he needed to think about his future over the holidays month while at the same time see what his current team were going to do for him to presuade him to stay or something...I mean his mind wasn't made up yet to take the next step...Maybe... The obvious answer to this is that he wasn't our first choice. Something we've pretty much had confirmed by Allardyce saying we've missed out on targets because we aren't in Europe. Doesn't mean he's no good or anything though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Brazilliant! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Brazilliant! I see what you did there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/chroniclesport/tm_headline=cacapa-just-the-man-for-the-job-says-houllier%26method=full%26objectid=19565268%26siteid=50081-name_page.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toon83 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 anyone got any inside info on when Cacapa will sign? I know its been said that he will sign today, but whats the latest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrenchWilliam Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/chroniclesport/tm_headline=cacapa-just-the-man-for-the-job-says-houllier%26method=full%26objectid=19565268%26siteid=50081-name_page.html I fucking hate shit like this from Oliver: The Chronicle revealed that United were signing Cacapa yesterday and contacts were quick to phone me waxing lyrical about the defender If he has so many contacts, why is he repeatedly spouting shit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 anyone got any inside info on when Cacapa will sign? I know its been said that he will sign today, but whats the latest? If you strip away the idle speculation, piss and wind, Parky ITK insider dealings and Alan Oliver exclusives, you know as much as anyone else Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 How many times has Ray Ranson seen Cacapa? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 How many times has Ray Ranson seen Cacapa? Ray Ranson sees all! Or at least that's what my contacts say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 anyone got any inside info on when Cacapa will sign? I know its been said that he will sign today, but whats the latest? he will sign at 15.37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/chroniclesport/tm_headline=cacapa-just-the-man-for-the-job-says-houllier%26method=full%26objectid=19565268%26siteid=50081-name_page.html "Yes, we had a bit of a fall-out at Lyon last season, but this was because he had refused to sign a new contract." So they wanted to keep him. He must still have quite a bit left in the tank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 What has Ray Ranson got to do with anything? Good right-back mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Verlaine Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 tbf to Oliver, he did say that we'd be signing a centre-back soon on a free transfer, a few days ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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