Newcastle seem to be the busiest club this January, after loosing the services of their star striker Demba Ba who have already contributed thirteen goals so far for the The Magpies before joining Chelsea who triggered his £7million buy-out clause.
The Managerial tenure of Alan Pardew will be remembered for the French revolution he has brought to the club. currently Newcastle have signed four French players in the January transfer window -- Mathieu Debuchy, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Yoan Gouffran and Massadio Haidara
Their arrivals have swelled the number of Frenchmen in manager Alan Pardew's squad to nine, along with several Francophone players.
Alan Padew who had already recurited french players like Obertan from Manchester United, Yonan Cabaye and Sylvain Marveaux sometime in the past.
This French revolution have not gone on notice across England and Europe with some African french players now using it to crack joke. Below is one of such from Reading's winger Kebe.
Reading winger Jimmy Kebe poked fun at Newcastle United's growing French contingent on Thursday by joking on Twitter that he had agreed to join the club.
"On my way to Newcastle, having medical then sign a 4 years contract. Thank you all for your support you've been outstanding !!!!" he wrote.
The tweet was picked up by several British media outlets, only for Kebe to reveal the hoax in a second message posted 14 minutes later.
"Oups i thought if you're french and play football u just pop in to Newcastle and sign a contract ?? Not a chance of leaving #LoveReadingFc#" he said.
Kebe, 29, was born in France but has represented Mali at international level. He joined Reading from French club Lens in 2008.
His Reading team-mate Danny Guthrie expressed shock at the joke, tweeting: "Just read @jkebe tweet and shit myself!! Don't do that again".
Newcastle are currently 16th on the log with a total of 21 points from 23 games, scored 28goals and conceded 41 goals. They will be hoping that their latest French signings will help provide more goals and take them safe away from the relegation zone.
Yoan Gouffran signed from Bordeaux He will wear the number 11 jersey.
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa signed from Montpellier He will wear the number 13 jersey
Massadio Haïdara signed from Nancy He will wear the number 19 jersey
Mathieu Debuchy signed from Lille He will wear the number 26 jersey
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