However he revealed that Lille are looking for a replacement before letting him go, which is frustrating the 26-year-old France international.
Newcastle and Inter Milan have both been credited with interest in Debuchy, something that he confirms below, and there has even been news of a bit from Newcastle which was rejected by the Lille board. Debuchy though is hoping that Lille are looking for a reasonable fee stating the fact that he is just a defender and probably won’t attract the huge fee that Lille are looking for.
“This is one of my priorities,” he told L’Equipe when asked about interest from Newcastle. “Inter also enquired about me,” he added as he distanced himself from a move to Inter Milan.
“Lille can refuse any insufficient offers. The clubs must reach an agreement. That is not yet the case. Newcastle have already proposed €5 million. I do not know how much the directors of Lille are seeking. I am a defender. An extraordinary offer cannot be expected.”
Debuchy then stated his desire to leave Lille and denied recent reports which suggested that he was willing to sign a contract extension at Stade Lille-Metropole.
“My wish is to leave. I want to experience another league. I recently read that I would have extended my contract until 2016. This upset me. It is not true. I hope that in the coming days, and not weeks, things will settle,” he said.
“I want to leave LOSC. The coach wants to keep me here, but I will not change my mind. I still keep that hope. I will try to go elsewhere.”
He added: “Right now I’m stuck at Lille, depending on the arrival of another player. LOSC want to find my replacement before I am released.”
“Ten, 15 players have been suggested but I am still here, and it disappoints and bothers me. It’s been 20 years that I have been here and I have never asked for anything. For once I want to discover something else.”
Sounds like this particular deal isn’t too far away from happening anyway…
On a different note, anyone know when the Europa draw is? Need to arrange a trip!
Whumpie(Quote)
KIMTOON yes i think he would ,he has enough strength and pace and can play a fair bit as well , good on the ball and holds it up well . Would need too learn to conduct himself better though . Dont know what it is with Swedish forwards these days Tovoinen , Gudetti and Ibramhimovic there all a bit , well how should i put this , Tempremental i think is the word that should be used . Or complete basket cases 😉
Axel(Quote)
The fact that AC relied so much on Barton and Nolan – the players positioned closest to him – shows that he never was much for hoofball. He did his best work when the ball was already in their third of the pitch. His first touch from long balls isn’t even that good!
Whumpie(Quote)
Axel ,I blame the lack of light in sweden tbh ,enough to do anyones head in that. 😉
kimtoon(Quote)
have to disagree with you there whumpie, AC has a class touch and not just for a “BIG MAN”
lez bond(Quote)
Andy Carroll is so overrated by some on here its scary.
I guess its an English thing.
JJ(Quote)
KIMTOON that combined with all those Blond women
Axel(Quote)
JJ- How can you say Andy only really has the ability to play ping pong with his head??? The guy was an absolute pleasure to watch for the toon. This is the same guy that scored a totally sweet left footer playing for us against Liverpool, i still remember the set piece against Arsenal he was unplayable, what a goal! There is not a Toon fan in this life that was not devestated when big AC was let go, the fact is this player in black and white is the man who became the most expensive british player of all time and 18 months later, esecially for the price being touted i would take him back in a heart beat. He produced a header in the euros that was pure class so there is know way anyone can say he isnt top drawer when on his game. How he can even be compared to Cisse who is in a league of his own is beyond me but put these two together they would be a total handful for any team on the planet. Pardrew knows he will be able to bring star quality out of Carrol once more and i trust him 100%. Get Debuchy, Douglas, Anita, Carrol and we will easily be ready for a top 6 challenge aswell as a chance to chase a cup for sure imo.
SC(Quote)
Whumpie 10th August is the draw for our first games.
richietoon(Quote)
In other news according to rennes president brahimi and mvila are on transfer list but no concrete offers for either.
Would like brahimi could be another lil skillful addition
Liam Southern Toon(Quote)
SC
Andy Carroll showed signs of massive potential. That potential meant he was rated at 35mil by Liverpool. Massively over priced.
I still believe he has great potential, but he has gone backwards since joining Liverpool due to lack of playing time.
If we signed him for 12-13mil, Is say fair enough. But anything more I just believe we could get far better.
JJ(Quote)
Re Debuchy – I think he feels Lille are dragging there heels finding his replacement, like it’s not THEIR priority (probably coz they have all the Hazard money to spend). I think he’s said this to try and hurry them along. I don’t think there is any fear he won’t eventually join but he’ll want to join us now to be part of pre-season training and friendlies.
Re Carroll – it now looks like Liverpool are doing a Twente and moving the goal posts. Carroll reps have also said he doesn’t want to leave Lpool, and doesn’t even really want a loan move by the sounds of things.
I personally don’t want to see Carroll back to Newcastle. I want new faces in, without the baggage, someone who wants a new experience like Debuchy and someone who wants to come and make a name for themselves for the right reasons – like Tiote and Cabaye have.
I’m not a romantic, I don’t have a soft spot for Andy Carroll. He was poor for Lpool most of last season and I don’t believe he’s going to be awesome just coz he’s back at Newcastle.
The team has improved in every way since he’s left. On his day he’s a good player, I admit that, but I don’t think he’s right for us where we are now.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Sobering 😯
Never realised Carroll played so much last season 😯
http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/features/120717/andy-carroll-v-cisse-and-ba-proof-newcastle-shouldnt-sign-liverpools-str-176824
toonsy(Quote)
@ Aussie
This reminds me of school. Me being the master and you the pupil.
Sir, Sir, Sir, what do you think of this?
Ok Aussie you’ve had your hand up for ages now whilst ive been teasing you.
I’ll just put my school masters cap on and answer you question.
Yes, he would get straight into the starting line up.
As long as Cisse plays then it nullifies Ba’s attributes.
Cisse and Carroll up front and Ba as cover.
Master Troy; Listen Grasshopper.
Grasshopper Aussie; I don’t hear anything master Troy, what is it?
Master Troy; it’s an ant under your foot, check, have a look.
Grasshopper Aussie takes a look and sees an ant struggling for life.
Grasshopper Aussie; how did you know Master Troy?
Master Troy; I heard its heart beat Grasshopper Aussie.
Grasshopper Aussie; oh master Troy you are a special person. I learn so much from you.
Master Troy; one day grasshopper Aussie I will show you the Troy way but before then you will just have to observe with your eyes and ears and keep your f..CKING huge gob shut you total tosspot. 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Just jokin Aussie 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Troy,
Ba > Carroll at the moment… Why would you start Carroll? Makes no sense.
Not really a tough decision for me… Unlike last night.
A mosquito landed on my balls. Toughest decision I ever had…
JJ(Quote)
Off topic – And I just want to say how bored I am with all this tweeting ***** between the footballers – particularly Rio Ferdinand. I wish he’d just **** off jumping on band wagons. It was his brother allegedly abused by Terry, yet he got involved, now it’s someone else who has abused Ashley Cole and Rio has jumped on that wagon. Twitter + ******* footballers like Rio and Barton = bollocks!!
Sharpy17(Quote)
@JJ
Cos Cisse is the best of the 3. He would obviously play.
Since Cisse arrived and Ba has had to drop back he has been pretty inneffective.
Who knows how Carroll and Cisse would perform together but I feel Carroll is better at retaining the ball and feeding others.
Ba would be a direct replacement for Cisse if injured or resting. There could be over 60 games this season and we need 3 top forwards.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Off topic but stay clear of Sunderland (not that I need tell you)….
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/environment/sunderland-beach-stripped-of-blue-flag-after-bacteria-find-1-4743912#.UAPatK2qikU.twitter
BigPapa(Quote)
Troy,
Ba was only ineffective playing on the left. As you’ve stated Cisse is the best so Carroll would also be forced to play on the left…
Would you not prefer it if we spend that kind of money that it be on someone who would be more effective out wide or in the centre? If so Carroll isn’t the man.
JJ(Quote)
Sharpy, Got to agree with you, bunch of overgrown kids moaning about name calling, pathetic, for me it all went haywire after Police investigated Dyer and Bowyer for a Public Order offence after they scrapped on the pitch as a supporter ” Feared for his safety”.
There are governing bodies in sport to deal with all breaches of discipline and the Courts and Public money shouldnt be spent willy nilly on childish spats.
Robert(Quote)
No way should Carroll just walk back into the team if he does arrive. Ba and Cisse individually, more assists, more goals so as a pair they have to play.
toonsy(Quote)
We can’t go into next season as we were at the end of last.
We were totally devoid of ideas in attack. What do you suggest Toonsy / JJ?
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Andy Carroll is NOT a target man. He’s a beast in the air, namely from set pieces and can finish smartishly and powerfully-however, his passing, initial touch, take downs from the chest and even knock downs are pretty bloody poor.
Does nobody remember in the initial prem season-we switched to 442 and used SHOLA behind Carroll because he can actually pass and hold up the ball, and even provide good through balls or passes as he proved last season. Shola and Best are actually both better “target men” but obviously andy is far more dangerous from set pieces.
People expect us to be able to use this “big man small man” combo with Carroll and Cisse…well Suarez is a lot smaller, faster and more nimble than Cisse and that partnership provided sweet **** all.
Newkie(Quote)
Lik I said, we have Ba and Cisse to cover the centre.
Ben Arfa and Marveaux for out wide. Id like someone to challenge them, someone who can play upfront or out wide comfortably.
That is why we wanted De Jong. There must be someone else similar to him.
Carroll would be a different “option” but for the quoted price, he is way too expensive. He isn’t exactly versatile.
JJ(Quote)
Newkie @99,
I couldn’t agree more.
JJ(Quote)
JJ-Exactly…a wing forward is precisely what we need given that we still can’t be sure what Marveux will be likely and Benny is essentially our only wing forward. Ba should still be given some time out there as I think he was just quite unlucky last season…and the continuous rotation between those two did confuse defences.
Obertan and Jonas just aren’t good enough for those positions in an attacking sense-fergie and sammy may be able to give it ago but we still only have that one senior player…..someone like Maiga would actually be decent right about now….
Newkie(Quote)
yep, i think sturridge is over rated. he runs like headless chicken, never looks up and is a ball greedy ****…do we really want another self absorbed wanka who thinks he is great coming into nufc now that we seem to have got rid of every last one we had b4? i dont. fuk sturridge. FukAC too, he is **** as well.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Troy Stavers
July 17, 2012 at 16:57
“We can’t go into next season as we were at the end of last.
We were totally devoid of ideas in attack.”
We won 7 of our last 10 games and scored 16 goals. 😆 😆 😆
Toon Chicken(Quote)
Robert – the stupid thing is that Cole hasn’t even made a complaint! For me it’s just a washed up footballer (Rio) desperate to hold the headlines, coz his career is almost over at Man Utd now like.
Toonsy – my concern with the Carroll thing is that this could be another case of chasing a striker that is never gonna come off, just like LDJ. This could be case of no CF in this window but the clubs coming out saying ‘well we tried hard to bring a CF in, we went for LDJ and Carroll but they just didn’t come off’, yet they knew all along they would.
We have suggested before they have decoy targets to throw rivals of the scent of our main targets, but could this be the board using these players as decoys for the fans, knowing that they have no intention of bringing a CF in?
Or maybe Carroll is the decoy for the CF we are actually going for?
Just a theory?!
Sharpy17(Quote)
@JJ
do you agree we need another top premier striker. ?
If so, who do you want bearing in mind they are like hens teeth. You might identify some but if they aren’t available then don’t mention them.
Carroll is up for grabs, we know his qualities and what he’s worth.
He’s only being considered by us (fans) cos he is available.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
JJ… we need to stop going on about De Jong and like you say, think of someone else, the bloke has said he only wanted to go to MGB and never considered us. There is no point in trying to buy a bloke that dont want to come to us is there. I cant belive we even wasted all that time trying to do a deal with Twente – for a bloke that has no internest in us ffs.
craig chisholm(Quote)
@99- pretty well said. I just worry that he is the type of player that can only really thrive as a lone striker who is the focal point of an attack. He seems to have been at his best with Nolan playing that roving role alone behind him. I just think he’ll take up the space that should be for Cisse/Ba.
I know LPool is trying to save face here but these demands are ridiculous for a player that’s scored 20 Prem goals and had a 4/35 ratio last year
MDS(Quote)
good valid point newkie regarding Suarez..
I also think ppl are forgetting how much work Ba does in defence, chasing balls, covering etc. far more than Carroll could do.
mark(Quote)
Troy Stavers
July 17, 2012 at 16:57
“We can’t go into next season as we were at the end of last.”
Really?
Like TC said, we won 7 from 10, scored 16 goals and finished with the 6th highest goals scored in the entire league, with two strikers who played less and scored nearly ten times the goals than magical mythical Andy Carroll scored 😕
It was actually our defence that let us down last season more than anything….
toonsy(Quote)
The ‘dippers are trying to sign Walnut allegedly. He has a better scoring record than Judas and he’s not even a CF, plus most of his appearances have been as sub. Personally I’d rather we tried to sign him if Le **** are willing to let him go. He’d be better suited to our new system than Judas anyway.
Toon Chicken(Quote)
TC.. yes but then the rumors out of **** are that if walcott **** off they want HBA in as a replacement.
craig chisholm(Quote)
I think I have ashley’s plan figured out here: sign Carroll for 10M or so, let him bag 10-12 goals as our third striker while he continues to grow more and more overrated by getting caps as the England number 9, then sell him for a profit to another a desperate club with an antiquated transfer policy, then repeat this process over and over until he Ashley’s loan to the club repaid in full.
It’s win win- we have a quality 3rd striker who can help get us through the cups, a crowded fixture list, and ACoN while at the same time giving the club the best financials in world fotball 😉
MDS(Quote)
I think ashleys plan is nothingto do with bringing AC home at all. The scouse info says we onyl went in with an offer of a season long lone and that was with them subsidising his salary.. what kind of offer is that?? They would never say yes to that. Dekka and Ashely dont want AC back, they just want to have some nice free positive publicity with the NUFC fans.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Troy@89
Now when have I heard that one before 😥 😡 ya hurt me deep troy 😥
😉 😆
Toonsy @110
Tis a shame considering how well our defence was before Chelsea(h) 😡 Stupid referee, reckon we would have gotten CL if he’d sent Luiz off 😕
Andymag(Quote)
MDS
I dont worry about losing our forwards to ACN anymore cus I’m almost certain they won’t beat Ivory Coast in the qualifier.
Andymag(Quote)
Craig @114 They were putting out feelers with that bid ,trying to see just how much they really want him imo. Now that various clubs have come forward as suitors Pool have admitted they want shot and no loan deals .Now everyone knows where they stand ,AC, POOL and all interested parties, that being the case it’s just a case of where does AC wanna go ,how much do Pool want and how much will anyone pay ,and we all meet somewhere in between . 😉
kimtoon(Quote)
Brian McNally @McNallyMirror
Some interesting theories flying around the agents fraternity as to Newcastle’s motives in their very public pursuit of big Andy
hitman(Quote)
Agree with a few of the formation comments. Particularly Newkies.
As much as i rate Carroll, I can’t see where he would fit in. And I don’t think anyone has provided an answer to what we’d play with him in the team.
It’s all very well saying “put him up top next to Cisse” @Troy 89 but it’s extremely short sighted.
HBA wasn’t fancied by Pardew at right mid. And flourished on the right of an attacking 3. So playing both Carroll and Cisse would also affect HBA’s game.
Not worth it imo. Slowly talking myself out of wanting Carroll back. Yes we do need another decent striker. But 15 mill for back up? No way.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Troy, is Carroll up for grabs at the right price though? Liverpool want 20mil?
But yes we do need a striker.
If Carroll us available at 12mil fine… At 20mil, no thanks.
JJ(Quote)
i really dont think we need the judas back.
somthing aint sitting reet with this one. 😕
hitman(Quote)
Toonsy I don’t think our defence were actually bad. Our clean sheet record was fantastic. It’s just that without Saylor we were too brittle and succumbed to pressure or conceding an early goal.
Need Tiote to step up as a big, vocal leader this year, helping ensure heads don’t drop so easily.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
off topic but love it when a scum player gets thumped 😀
http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/local/former-newcastle-united-star-lifts-the-lid-on-his-career-video-1-4748051
icedog(Quote)
MDS-Precisely. Don’t get me wrong, the lad is a monster when the team is built around him…but we just don’t play that way anymore. We’ve made the shift to a more fluid formation where goals can come from across the board-a much more prospect-and far more exciting as well.
Mark@109-Exactly…Carroll is good at defending set pieces mind, but Cisse and especially Ba can track back and actually set up good counter attacking opportunites-I loved our counter attacking in the second half of last season, great to watch and very effective. Carroll on the counter though? Just doesn’t happen.
Newkie(Quote)
hitman.. i am with you on this whole thing.. since when has our club ever came out so quick and said they want the player back blah blah…they just dont do that…unless of course.. they have no intention of having him back.. PR in full swing.
craig chisholm(Quote)
aye craig,didnt we have a policy if any transfer talk was leeked to the media the club would walk away
hitman(Quote)
@JJ
If Carroll is up for £20m then why discuss the issue. None of us would pay that.
@Toonsy
Barfa made the difference at the end of last season not Ba. He was anonymous for a lot of the time.
Barfa faded at the very end and Ba looked lost.
Really? Yes. 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Craig Hitman
Carroll = Gameiro = Maiga = NZogbia = Erdinc = Gervinho etc
JJ(Quote)
jj there all holed up in jesmond dene hotel sitting around barrnettas corpse 😆
hitman(Quote)
@JJ
tbh, Ben Arfa aside, I don’t really remember the last player we were linked to in the papers signing. I guess Cisse, but even then we thought the deal was dead and buried.
@Troy
Where would you play HBA if you were playing Carroll and Cisse?
I’d love it to work, but we know Pards in the past didn’t trust HBA in 4-4-2
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
just wish there was as much going on at toon about getting a good c/h in and getting willo shipped oot 😐
icedog(Quote)
yep JJ.. we might as well come out nad say we would love to get ronaldo for the right wing and that will be up to ashley.. its the same bollocks.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Ice- Maybe we’re trying to sign Andy as our new CB? 😀
Newkie(Quote)
Ice maybe thats what the AC links are about ? Take our minds of CB’s then it’ll drag on till the close of the window then we’ll be told we didn’t have time to look at CB’s because we worked so hard to get Carroll back, oh and it meant we didn’t get a striker either 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Just don’t see Carroll fitting back into the squad now. We would never pay him 80K a week and why should he take a huge pay cut when he can keep collecting it off the bindippers? The idea of a loan is clever on our part but we wouldn’t get him for 12 or 13M if he played well. This one just doesn’t add up. Focus on our real needs Ashley, a CB, a RB, and a quick forward who is good with his feet to complement Ba and Cisse. I suspect this is all a distraction while we make progress elsewhere (at least I hope that is the case).
GeordieTwo(Quote)
@trumpet
I’m a bit lost with Barfa. We have to accommodate somewhere in the team but his best position is still unknown. He performed brilliantly on the wing during some games and anonymous in others. But it had to be expected due to his long lay off.
I expect more consistency this season.
I would like to see him tried as an attacking midfielder. Wherever, he must be a major part of our plans.
If we leave him out then it will be like leaving Glenn hoddle and le tissier out the England team.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
dave wanky is a liaring rat he knows i cant post and didnt even read it till you sed last nite ,it he holds it against me when i knocked him back 🙂
batty(Quote)
G2 aye a good c/b and and nippy striker with a bit of guile,maybe on the lines of a young bellers,hard to find like
icedog(Quote)
I think we’ve agreed about our needs for a while ice @138 and based on the players we’ve been after so far (other than Carroll) I think Pardew is on the same wavelength. He knows he badly needs a CB. Playing Perch or Simpson there in friendlies is pointless as neither has the size or skill to play there in the real games. As it stands an injury to Colo would be a disaster. I hope the Douglas signing is just delayed by his papers. Keeping fingers crossed we don’t lose any of our top players including Ba who was a monster in the first half of last season.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
batty
July 17, 2012 at 18:30
“dave wanky is a liaring rat”
No I’m not, batty. You’re not as anonymous on the Internet as you think you are Mr BT Central plus in Cannock, Staffordshire. 😉
workyticket(Quote)
LADYBOY IN THE HOOSE 😆 😆 😆 😆
hitman(Quote)
@Troy
Yeah, agree. Actually could be possible that if we sign an improved right back, Pardew may be more comfortable with HBA right mid.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Craig@125 But to what end are they doing it? I don’t see how it’s a publicity stunt as there is the gamble that many wouldn’t want him back. 😕 If they want PR why not bid for someone even more special that would excite all fans. They could still say ,well we did try to get him.
kimtoon(Quote)
Reet can all this cross blog malarkey just chill out please? Simple fact is that nee fecker is really interested in it and it just spoils it for everyone else.
Worky – If you stopped chasing people round the internet you;d have more time to wrote articles and keep the place going 😉
Just a joke like 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
Did we not try to get N’zogbia back on deadline day.
kimtoon(Quote)
oooooooooo what an upper cut from toonsy 😆 😆 😆 😆 😉
hitman(Quote)
KIMTOON.. i have no idea but one thing is for sure, there is a reason behind it and going on past .. its motivated by money or self gratification.
craig chisholm(Quote)
I see Reading have signed Mariappa for a “significant fee”. I wonder what they paid, I’m guessing 4 or 5 M. Should we have increased our bid last season? If we don’t get Douglas or someone as good we are going to look like fools if either Saylor or Colo go down injured. Why are we so in love with midfielders when the CB positions are the anchors of the team along with the keeper? Just don’t understand the strategy. We don’t even have a decent set of understudies right now. Streete may be good someday but who else?
GeordieTwo(Quote)
g2,i think ssn says 2.5 mill
hitman(Quote)
geordietwo… staylor is already ourt injured again is he not? i am ok with our strikers, sod them, we need a LB/RB and a CB. thats about it i think .
craig chisholm(Quote)