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Mathieu Debuchy's long-awaited move to Arsenal has been completed.

A £10m fee, plus bonuses depending on appearances, has been agreed and the 28-year-old right-back will be officially presented by the London club at the start of next week.

And that money should be spent immediately as the Remy Cabella saga is expected at long last to be brought to its conclusion after this weekend. Montpellier are attempting to extract more money out of Newcastle United, whose original bid of €12m looks set to be increased to €15m.

However, we understand that a deal is still close to being done that the player will join United sooner rather than later.

Although there was a suggestion from France that a further complication rose regarding how much of the fee would be paid up-front, which could provide an unwanted stumbling block.

The Newcastle party which travelled to France for discussions, led by managing director Lee Charnley, are determined not to return empty-handed. The club’s supporters have grown weary of this rather protracted transfer, that began at the end of last year. And yet the signing of Cabella would generate much positivity.

Debuchy has in truth been all but an Arsenal player for the past two weeks and, according to former Gunners star Lee Dixon, one Frenchman is delighted with signing a countryman. Via his Twitter account, Dixon said: “Just spoke to Arsene (Wenger). He’s very happy about (Alexis) Sanchez and Debuchy.”

And while Debuchy is a talent, it is better for all concerned if the club get at least close to the money their were looking for and they can move on in their search for a replacement.