On the weekend of the EAT NewcastleGateshead festival, the taste on the Tyne definitely seems to be of the French persuasion. Well it is if you’re going by the delicacies that the likes of Mike Ashley and Alan Pardew are serving up. Apart from the Senegalise striker Demba Ba, all of his signings are from across the pond. Even the youngster Mehdi Abeid, who is apparently a star in the making, is French.
Maybe it is because Newcastle’s chief scout spent the majority of his time in France over the past year, or maybe the likes of Llambas see something in the French that all the other premiership clubs seem to be ignorant of. Cabaye, and today’s signing Marveux, who according to rumours failed a medical at Liverpool, will look to fill the holes that have been left by Kevin Nolan, will inevitably be left by Joey Barton and that could potentially be left by Jonas Guiterraz. Adding Ben Arfa to the equation, the Magpies midfield will be a French frontier, and will be one that is one that will be looking to project the Toon into Barton’s much desired Champion’s League. Somehow, that does seem unlikely, if only this year.
Only time will tell in regards to where more signings come from. Rumours varying to the return of Charles N'Zogbia even to Dimitar Berbatov are still in circulation, however any betting man would put money on the fact that there will be another new arrival on Tyneside in the not-so-distant future.
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