Newcastle Transfers: 5 Signings Magpies Need For Top 6 Finish

3. Rémy Cabella

It appears that Newcastle are considering making a move for French attacking midfielder Remy Cabella, the Telegraph claims that this is raising doubts over the future of Hatem Ben Arfa at the club. Cebella is certainly a very talented player, but the report suggests that he would cost as much as £14 million to secure €“ and it will be interesting to see if the board will sanction such a deal this month. The player is currently at Montpellier, who are sitting 17th in Ligue 1, just three points clear of the relegation zone. However, despite his club struggling €“ the player himself has excelled this season with an average rating of 7.29; he has also contributed six goals and three assists. The fact that Cabella is just 23, and has the versatility to play in a number of different attacking positions certainly makes him a very attractive proposition. He certainly has a number of very powerful weapons that you would think would make him a real Premier League star. The attacking stats suggests this with 2.4 shots, 2.3 key passes and 1.3 dribbles per match.