This is getting ridiculous! Which Newcastle player is overwhelmed by influx of French signings?

Sammy Ameobi joked on Twitter that he needed to brush up on his French with Newcastle poised tie up a deal for Toulouse ace Moussa Sissoko on Tuesday.

The midfielder flew in for his medical on Tyneside and was left out of the squad for their French Cup match with Paris St Germain.



Ameobi tweeted: 'Need to brush up on my French because this is just getting ridiculous lol'.



The club have already added another Frenchman, Massadio Haidara, to their ranks after agreeing a fee with Ligue 1’s bottom club Nancy.

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A statement on Nancy’s website said: 'After 46 games and two-and-a-half years in the Nancy shirt, Massadio Haidara is leaving for Newcastle. The two clubs have reached an agreement and will finalise the transfer on Tuesday.'

The France Under-21 international is the second of four France-based players likely to join Alan Pardew’s struggling side before their next match this weekend, with a deal already in place for £7m Montpellier captain Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.

Montpellier confirmed the deal on their website: 'On Saturday afternoon at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa played his 219th and final game in the jersey of Montpellier.



Incoming: Massadio Haidara (right) will be another of Newcastle's imports from France

Yanga-Mbiwa told Montpellier's official website: 'This [England] is a country where everybody loves football and I really want to experience this culture. It is one of the things you want to discover as a player.

'I feel I have given everything to the maximum while at Montpellier. They have been like my second family and have given me everything. There were hard times and good times but there is a very strong bond that unites us.'

And a club statement read: 'On Tuesday, he joined Newcastle, currently 16th in the Premier League, subject to the traditional medical.

'Formed by the club where he arrived at the age of 13, Yanga-Mbiwa has gradually become one of the symbols of the training of Montpellier.

'Played for the first time by Jean-François Domergue in 2006 when he was only 17 years old, he played his first match in Ligue 2 some weeks later.



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'The next season under the leadership of Rolland Courbis Mapou definitively launched his career. Mapou is a worker; solid, and rigorous.



'After 34 games (1 goal) in his first full season in L2 in 2007-2008, he then became an important part of the rise in Ligue 1 June 2009 (in central defence), playing 29 games and scoring once.'



Haidara has played 46 games for Nancy since his breakthrough in 2010.



Yoan Gouffran also appears close to a move to St James' Park.



If all four complete their moves, that will make FIVE players signed from Ligue 1 this window, including Mathieu Debuchy.



Toon boss Pardew, meanwhile, has vowed to win over supporters who have started to turn against him and his team.

Experienced: Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has played at the highest level

He was subjected to boos during Saturday’s home defeat to Reading, their fellow strugglers’ first ever win at St James’s Park.



His decision to substitute playmaker Sylvain Marveaux before Reading’s equaliser drew loud criticism from supporters who were furious when Yohan Cabaye followed his fellow Frenchman to the bench just minutes later. Boos crashed down on the Newcastle manager again at the final whistle.



Pardew had appealed for some calm during the game and then afterwards revealed Cabaye had indicated he was injured midway through the second half, forcing his withdrawal.

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The former Reading and West Ham boss has worked hard to build his relationship with Newcastle's supporters and he said the weekend criticism has made him even more determined to win them back.



Pardew said: ‘None of it will deter me – if anything all of this makes me more determined to succeed with Newcastle.



‘I will take the criticism from the fans. That is part of the job at Newcastle – I have to accept it. And I’m certainly not going to ignore it.

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‘Once we get our best players on the pitch and fully fit again – and sign new players – I am confident we can get out of it.’



‘They are frustrated with the team and frustrated with me. But I can promise we will emerge stronger for it. I can handle the situation. And I am determined to get it right.’

