8 Reasons Why Newcastle Should Sell Fabricio Coloccini

5. He Made Hatem Ben Arfa Leave

Some fans will think otherwise. Many - despite fundamentally disagreeing with everything else he ever said - seemed to side with Alan Pardew€™s belief that Hatem Ben Arfa didn€™t track back or give enough for the team. They were brainwashed into thinking that Newcastle are not a team that can afford to have luxury players and need 11 workhorses to collect three points. An argument, reportedly led by Fabricio Coloccini, along with a small section of the Newcastle United squad, told Pardew that they did not want the player anywhere near the first team. The former Magpies boss had been prepared to give the Frenchman another chance but after the discussion the talented midfielder was permanently isolated from the first XI and eventually loaned out to Hull City and then released.