{"id":293035,"date":"2023-10-03T22:24:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T22:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=293035"},"modified":"2023-10-03T22:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T22:24:29","slug":"cabaye-praises-newcastles-owners-for-bringing-back-european-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/cabaye-praises-newcastles-owners-for-bringing-back-european-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabaye praises Newcastle&apos;s owners for bringing back European nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Yohan Cabaye praises Newcastle United&#8217;s new owners for bringing back European nights to Tyneside as Frenchman returns with PSG&#8230; a decade after going on strike at St James&#8217; Park<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Newcastle United play PSG in the Champions League on Wednesday night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yohan Cabaye returns to St James&#8217; Park for the first time since his playing days<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Click HERE to listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yohan Cabaye is comparing the Newcastle of then and the Newcastle of now. He felt moved, briefly, to go on strike as he sought a transfer from the former 10 years ago, eventually leaving for Paris Saint-Germain. Supporters, with hindsight, have some sympathy.<\/p>\n<p>But first, there is another big difference given the passage of time. Cabaye\u2019s hair. His quiff back then was as stylish as the France midfielder was a player. Today, though, he is assistant director of PSG\u2019s youth academy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My hair is finished now?\u2019 he asks, mournfully, the cut somewhat shorter and tidier. \u2018I was younger, so I could try some things. As a director, I can\u2019t do it. I have to be more professional!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Cabaye, 37, is back on Tyneside ahead of what promises to be a Champions League spectacular between his two former clubs on Wednesday evening. He knows as well as anyone how special nights under the lights can be at St James\u2019 Park. I mention his 30-yard free-kick, whipped into the top corner of the Gallowgate End goal, during a midweek 3-0 win over Manchester United in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s one of my best memories,\u2019 he says. \u2018Sometimes, I put it on the TV for my son, just to show him. I cannot wait to be there. It\u2019s the first time I have come back to St James\u2019 to watch a game. I know my colleagues from Paris don\u2019t know about the atmosphere, I will let them discover it as a surprise! For sure, it will be one of the best nights ever in Europe.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/19\/76127407-12589903-image-a-1_1696357648185.jpg\" height=\"504\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Yohan Cabaye played for Newcastle United between 2011 and 2014, making 93 appearances and scoring 18 goals\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/22\/76127419-12589903-Cabaye_joined_PSG_from_Newcastle_for_a_fee_of_around_20m_he_is_n-m-61_1696366788948.jpg\" height=\"532\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cabaye is now the assistant director of the Ligue 1 champions&#8217; impressive youth academy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/22\/76132805-12589903-image-a-63_1696366929961.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old returns to Tyneside to watch his two former side do battle in Europe<\/p>\n<p>In Cabaye\u2019s first season, following a bargain \u00a34.5m transfer from Lille in June 2011, Newcastle finished fifth in the Premier League. But, with Mike Ashley as owner, they signed just one player that summer and, despite making the quarter-final of the Europa League under Alan Pardew, they flirted with relegation for the majority of the campaign. A \u00a310m offer from Arsenal at the start of the 2013-14 season saw Cabaye refuse to play in one match when he felt the club had deceived him, but he remained to score seven times by January. That was when a \u00a320m deal with PSG was agreed and he left to play Champions League football, winning back-to-back French titles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a different project at that time (at Newcastle),\u2019 he recalls. \u2018We finished fifth and our season after reminds me a little bit of West Ham last season. They won the Conference League \u2014 and we made the quarter-final in Europe against Benfica \u2014 but the Premier League was difficult, because if you don\u2019t have the squad to compete, those two competitions are not easy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/22\/76135433-12589903-image-a-14_1696369827724.jpg\" height=\"622\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in 2021, Cabaye said of his decision to strike: \u2018When I signed for Newcastle, the word from them was \u201cYou play for us, if you\u2019re doing well and have the opportunity to go somewhere else, we will talk. But when someone put in a bid for me, they just said, \u201cNo\u201d. I was feeling betrayed. Looking back now, I know that saying, \u201cI don\u2019t want to play\u201d is not good behaviour. If I could go back in time, I wouldn\u2019t do it again.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Combining domestic and European affairs is again the challenge. The difference is that Newcastle now have owners with the ambition to compete on all fronts. It is safe to assume, then, that Cabaye would not want to leave the current version of the club?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes. I\u2019m glad to see Newcastle at the top, under the lights, in Europe,\u2019 he says. \u2018I can see the new ownership is working well. I had the chance to meet Dan Ashworth (Newcastle sporting director) at the draw in Monaco and we talked together. He is someone with competence, good quality, and I know they are going the right way.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It could have been easy to spend money after money after money on players that don\u2019t fit the project. But they are doing well. And to see St James\u2019 with 52,000 every game, screaming, this stadium is so loud.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s been 20 years without the Champions League. If the club wants to be a big team in Europe, they have to play Europe every season. But they have the potential, for sure.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Potential is also the name of the game in Cabaye\u2019s current role. He has helped with the development of the Campus Paris Saint-Germain, the club\u2019s new training ground that, for the first time, will house men\u2019s and women\u2019s senior and academy teams.<\/p>\n<p>The poster boy for the PSG youth set-up is Warren Zaire-Emery, who became the youngest player to start a Champions League knockout match in February, aged 16. The Paris-born midfielder is in the squad for tonight\u2019s game. So, is there scope for homegrown talent to emerge at a club with PSG\u2019s wealth? \u2018The last couple of years, everyone thinks we didn\u2019t see it a lot, but the pathway has always existed,\u2019 says Cabaye. \u2018This season and also last, Warren played well, really well, and a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/22\/76132803-12589903-image-m-65_1696366940149.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite moving on to Crystal Palace (pictured 2015) Newcastle has a place in Cabaye&#8217;s heart<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/19\/76127423-12589903-image-a-4_1696357658709.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cabaye has credited Newcastle&#8217;s new owners with bringing back European nights to Tyneside<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For us, he deserves what he gets. I know his mentality will give him the will to improve. For us, that is something really helpful. We have an example. When we talk about Warren with the younger players, we put the level really high in terms of the standards we expect \u2014 intensity, behaviour, professionalism. He\u2019s a complete player. To do what he does, at 17, not many can do it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So, with one of the most talented teenagers in world football, Cabaye\u2019s return, St James\u2019 bouncing and not to mention Kylian Mbappe, tonight\u2019s game is laced with intrigue.<\/p>\n<p>But, before kick-off, Cabaye has a coffee date in town. \u2018I have to see my old hairdresser, Patrick,\u2019 he says. \u2018He\u2019s a good friend.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, it is too late to rekindle the quiff.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12589903\/Yohan-Cabaye-praises-Newcastle-Uniteds-new-owners-bringing-European-nights-Tyneside-Frenchman-returns-PSG-decade-going-strike-St-James-Park.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yohan Cabaye praises Newcastle United&#8217;s new owners for bringing back European nights to Tyneside as Frenchman returns with PSG&#8230; 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