Palace sign Cabaye for record £10m

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Cabaye joined PSG for £19m from Newcastle in 2014 but only started 13 matches last season











Crystal Palace have signed Yohan Cabaye from French champions Paris St-Germain for a club-record transfer fee of £10m.

The 29-year-old midfielder joins on a three-year deal, with the fee possibly rising to around £13m with add-ons.

Cabaye joined PSG from Newcastle for £19m in January 2014 but started just 13 matches as Laurent Blanc's side won a domestic Treble last season.

Palace's previous transfer record was £7m, paid in 2014 to Wigan for 27-year-old Scottish midfielder James McArthur.

Palace manager Alan Pardew signed Cabaye from Lille in 2011 during his time as Newcastle boss, with the France international going on to score 18 goals in 93 appearances for the Magpies.

Last year the form of Thiago Motta, Javier Pastore, Marco Verratti and Blaise Matuidi meant Cabaye, who has 38 international caps, was used largely as a substitute at PSG.

The French club won the Ligue 1 title, the French cup and the French league cup last season.











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[Nikki]

I really rate him from his time at Newcastle, he will do well under pardew again

[Northernbloke]

Yep I'd have loved him to come back to the Toon but he's probably better off with pards until we see how mclaren shapes up

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