Newcastle Transfers: 5 Summer Replacements For Yohan Cabaye
3. Rémy Cabella (Montpellier)
Remy Cabella is another talented young French midfielder that could light up the Premier League if he was given the opportunity; he would also make an excellent replacement for Cabaye. The 23-year-old hasnt yet made a full senior appearance for the French senior side, but his form at club level and for the French U21s suggests that isnt far away. In terms of this season, the player has carried a constant attacking threat with 10 goals and five assists being the results of his work so far. Further stats on him include 2.7 shots, 2.3 key passes, 1.2 dribbles as well per game as well as an average rating of 7.4. The player is what might be considered to be an orthodox attacking central midfielder that clearly has a very keen eye for goal. As mentioned earlier, its the goals that Cabaye scored that Newcastle will be most keen to replace. Cabella probably wont come cheap, but at just 23 its the sort of investment that might just be worth making at this point. It will be interesting to see if this is one player that the Magpies decide they must really add to their squad this summer.
James Kent is a freelance writer published on Yahoo! Sports, Bleacher Report, FTBpro, Bloomberg Sports and many others. He has also been featured in the Daily Telegraph, Zoo Magazine, MSN Sport and the Manchester Evening News.
His role on What Culture is currently to produce compelling football articles that nearly always use of combination of stats and strong opinion. Feel free to connect with James via Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.