Newcastle United To Sign Lille's Mathieu Debuchy?

26-year-old Debuchy has played over 200 times for Lille, scoring 15 times for the club he joined at just eight years old and matured through their youth academy.

1„2 in) and is a good old fashioned deep-lying playmaker who has also played in midfield. He has been capped three times by France and Pardew mentioned the possible signing of a close friend of Cabaye when he remarked how good it was to have Senegalese team-mates Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba as a striking partnership. Debuchy would likely cost Premier League suitors anything between £5 and £7 million, closer to the latter if there is a bidding war.

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