Yohan Cabaye becomes third Newcastle player refused a visa for USA tour – report

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Newcastle new boy Yohan Cabaye has become the third player to be refused a visa to travel to the USA, meaning he too will sit out the club’s pre-season tour.

Joey Barton and Nile Ranger have already been denied entry to the country for their previous criminal convictions.

But The Daily Mail reports that Cabaye’s exclusion is due to a ‘minor technical problem’.

The midfielder must now join Barton and Ranger as they link up with the Magpies’ reverse team on a visit to the Netherlands.

Manager Alan Pardew had been speaking to the press to welcome the Frenchman and fellow new arrivals Demba Ba and Sylvain Marveaux to the club.

Pardew told The Newcastle Chronicle: “Yohan will add something to us – he’ll add a pass and an intelligence to our game, for sure.

“The players have already seen that all three are good players.

“It’s no good doing it just on the training ground.

“Your top players like Fabricio Coloccini and Joey Barton know fine well it is about the Premier League.

“You want to see these players performing in the Premier League at their very best, hopefully we see that from Yohan and the new boys this year.
 
“You want to see what they’re going to do for us, and only time will tell.

“But at the moment they’re showing very well.”

Midfielder Barton was refused a visa last week because of his previous conviction for assault three years ago, for which he served six months in prison.

And young striker Ranger spent 11 months in a young offenders’ institute after taking part in an armed robbery four years ago.