Three-way: Spurs and PSG in for Newcastle’s Yohan Cabaye (Picture: Getty Images)

Laurent Blanc says he’s still keen on luring Newcastle’s Yohan Cabaye to Paris Saint Germain, but revealed Tottenham are also in the hunt for the French international.

The Ligue 1 champions have been making noises about the midfielder all summer, which has already earned Blanc a telling off from Magpies manager Alan Pardew, but the Frenchman remains undeterred in his pursuit.

Blanc told le10sport.com: ‘He (Cabaye) is a very good player. I have not changed my mind (about him).

‘For now, he is at Newcastle. I have also read he is in Tottenham’s plans.


‘Newcastle, Tottenham or Paris – I hope he will still be at a big club in September.’



Pardew is unlikely to be impressed with Blanc’s latest remarks given it was only a month ago he last criticised the former France boss for speaking about Cabaye.

At the time, Pardew said: ‘I don’t think that’s right.

‘He can get on the phone to me, or make a bid. I think that’s the right way to do it.

‘I think the way it’s come out isn’t perhaps respectful to Yohan.’

Blanc, though, is unlikely to be concerned with Newcastle’s objections to his approach, and may even find his path to Cabaye has been cleared by Spurs, who are close to sealing a deal for Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue.