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.

By Matt Holmes /

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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