Debuchy edges closer to Lille exit

Will Debuchy be teaming up with his mate again?
The long running saga that has become the Mathieu Debuchy transfer fiasco looks like it may finally be coming to an end.

Last week Debuchy spoke to the press and revealed that he was less than impressed with not being allowed to leave Lille after 20 years of faultless service.

This led to coach Rudi Garcia finally admitting defeat in his bid to keep Debuchy at the club although he remained adamant that the France international wouldn’t be going anywhere until a suitable replacement had been found, again much to the annoyance of Debuchy as he felt the club were deliberately dragging their heels over finding a new right-back.

However it seems as thought things have changed on that front and Lille have now signed 20-year-old Djibril Sidibe from Troyes as a replacement for the now certain to be departing Debuchy. To give another indication of things progressing with Debuchy, he also failed to turn up for his first day of pre-season training after being given an extended break after Euro 2012.

I’m actually pretty confident of this transfer happening. From his best mate Yohan Cabaye telling him to come and join him at Newcastle, to Debuchy even saying that joining us was one of his priorities and that Lille shouldn’t be looking for big money for him, and even Alan Pardew saying ages ago that we were looking to sign one of Cabaye’s closest friends, it just all seems to be adding up.

Of course a fee is yet to be agreed between the two clubs, that we know of, and I’m not one to knickertwist or bemoan our offers and describe them as “lowballing” like some do, but I firmly believe that things are further on than is being made out with this deal.

What do you think?

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472 thoughts on “Debuchy edges closer to Lille exit

  1. Well there has been gambles that have payed off and those that haven’t.

    Casino Livin’ 😎

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  2. …indeed.

    I reckon I’d play a guitar solo now like (especially if I was Carlos Santana). 😎

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  3. Guess its a double edged sword. When we gave ranger than 5year he was a mug but he was showing plenty of potential. If we’d left him with whatever he had left and renegotiated later he might have wanted more or fecked off to a better club-imo with the right attitude he could have been a very big English talent, bit like sturridge except at least sturridge gives about 50% as opposed to 15%.

    Doubt he’ll ever make it. Hopefully he’ll look back on these days in his later years and realise what a **** he was.

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  4. Ranger had more than enough time to get his **** together. I suppose that’s the gamble you take when you bring in ‘youngsters’ from outside Newcastle.
    …especially when they pimp the hoes innit. I’m talking about my garden 😯 I ain’t got hoes 😯 I ain’t got no mutherfuckin’ soil separators 😯 …but I ****-**** Alan fucking Titchmarsh every morning over cornflakes, and he fucking loves it 😮 🙂 😐 😕

    ….err, waheyyy! Lubli jubli, feesh and cheeps! 😀

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  5. Sorry for lowering the tone again 😳 …it’s Stanley Clarke’s fault.
    Inventor of the 5 string Rubik’s Cube, and 2001 Space Odyssey.

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  6. Rodzilla does sound like a pretty ghetto tag mind, you sure you’re not just one of Rangers thugz? 😎

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  7. …the going gets tough from the getgo go man go oh brother not another ************ gotta go now.

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  8. They take away our freedom,
    In the name of liberty,
    Why can’t they all just clear off,
    Why can’t they let us be.

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  9. go to bed Troy, your making less sense than normal…. if that is possible 😉

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  10. @aussie

    At work. 😉

    I was just adding another verse from Rodz song earlier.

    Suspect Device by Stiff Little Fingers.

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  11. …and in your next lesson we’ll show you how to put all those words together to form a sentence 😉 😆

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  12. Troy…it is the favoured beveridge of the average antipodean :mrgreen:

    I hope so, think it’ll definitely/possibly/maybe happen this week or before the window shuts….or not at all, give me a job with the Ronnie Gill 😐

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  13. Go on have a laugh at me expense 😎 …. I was just talking slow so you boofheads would understand what I was saying 😉 😆

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  14. me expense!! 😯 its only just past 3pm here and I am going to bed…… :mrgreen:

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  15. Aussie,

    I saw your comment on the South African beer. From what I can work out you live in Western Australia, maybe Perth. If thats the case you are basically South African yourself mate 😉

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  16. Haha, can’t handle Mark Douglas. At least when Lee Ryder writes his **** he does it with conviction. 😆 You’ll get there Richie!

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  17. JJ 😆

    Kim…We’re going to leave it until 1 minute before the window shuts…just for a laugh! :mrgreen:

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  18. Sorry Kim,

    You have missed nothing besides Aussies poor grammar and Troy’s confession to having a crush on Debuchy.

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  19. Ashley will have the chopper ready and waiting to bring Debuchy and Remy over in the last hour… I have faith.

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  20. JJ&Richie 😆 ,Got to confess I got a bit of a crush on Debuchy too,he’s a bit of a cutie. 😉

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  21. Kim…He looks exactly like me 😉 …..the looks, athletic physique and hair apart that is 😆

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  22. Latest rumour is we been linked to Abdel Barrada the Getafe central midfielder and at just £9m seems a snip 🙄 . What is it with the constant MF speculation .I thought we needed defenders , bloody rags doing my head in now. 👿

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  23. Kim,
    I see where you coming from, but when you’re as good looking as I am, I tend to look down apon the inferiority of these footballers.

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  24. JJ…I kknew before I read all the way down that you would have changed “hunk” 😆

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  25. well ,in the absence of any signings and after all this talk of hunks ,i’m off for my cold shower 😉 Cya later . 😀

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  26. Kim…For JJ, imagine lovechild of Ian Dowie and Bella Emberg and you’ll be close 😯 😆

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  27. I have to say though Kim, Richie does look much better since he went for cosmetic surgery. Also he now resembles a bald fat version of Jocelyn Wildenstein…

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  28. JJ, we have plenty of expat Sth Africans in WA, I work with a few and they are good lads…

    Kim, nothing to report on Curtis Good unfortunatey…

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  29. I see Holy Hughton has been charged by police for failing to provide details. Surely not 😯

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  30. I must say I am absolutely disgusted that Real radio have fired the Legends. They were the only programme on radio where they spoke the truth. Shame on Real radio I won’t be listening again i’m afraid.

    Sure they’ll pop us somewhere though – possibly Metro.

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  31. Stuart… I’d read somewhere that “real radio” had been taken over a while back and that they’d already “axed” the legend shows in other parts of the country so it was only a matter of time….dunno how true like

    JJ…you like? 😆 she’s worth about £3bn I think 😯 and is around 250 years old 😆

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  32. Richie, I just seen what the Dutchess of Alba looked like in her youth 😯

    Did she get hit by a train and got push back together.

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  33. JJ…**** knows mate, bloody scary tho. She got married not long back…he’s not after her money though 🙄

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  34. I was going to say. If he married her in her youth, he must be reckoning despite all the money, he got a pretty raw deal. 😆

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  35. apparently she divided her cash amongst her kids before the wedding to prove it was for love not money…..yeah right 😆

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  36. At this point Dave, I’m worried this window is too close to the usual trend set over the past few January’s. That the only signings we will make are the free signings and cheap ones made early.

    We might bring in Debuchy like was did with Santon. But that will in all likelihood be it for the window, and we will be linked to a number of others until deadline day when we will make a last gasp bid that will be rejected.

    Then in January IF will make that signing, it’ll be because they (Douglas, Remy etc will only have six months remaining on their contract), so there clubs will be pressured into selling.

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  37. The talk now is we are cooling on Debuchy due to Lille not budging on their £8m valuation . Reports say we are ready to move on to other targets. 🙄

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  38. Apparntly we are pulling out of the Debuchy deal…. something to do with the sell on clause… sky sports report..

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  39. Well with Sky Sports News reporting that Newcastle are going to pull out of the Debuchy deal and that it is now unlikely to happy.

    And I say this truthfully and not with sarcasm… I fully now fully expect Debuchy to sign within the next few days.

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  40. Aussie do you have a link? the one I read earlier doesn’t mention any sell on clause nor does it report anything “new”, we already know they need to reduce their asking price, just as we know we have to increase on our initial offer our move on to another target.

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