Alan Pardew struggling to keep Yohan Cabaye at Newcastle United With Pardew insisting Newcastle remain "far away" from qualifying for European football's top tournament, Cabaye will almost certainly agitate for a move again at the end of the season and there are fears his agent will be privately urging interested clubs like Arsenal and Liverpool to bid in January. It is a problem Pardew cannot ignore after the France international went on strike at the start of the season in protest at Newcastle's decision to turn down a £10.1m bid from Arsenal, but he has managed to refocus Cabaye and the 27-year-old is playing as well as he has done at any time since his £4.5m arrival from Lille in June 2012. There was a lot of speculation [in the summer] that he was going to move, but his application has been spot on. He is under contract with us and of course, that is where his future lies until such time as we say his future does not lie here. So in some ways, it is not cut and dried. But I don't want that to appear as a negative for Yohan because it is a World Cup year for him. I think we are all aware there will be a lot of eyes on him between now and the end of June. A lot of big clubs, who would be interested in him, I'm sure. He has repaired his relationship with fans by his performances which have been as good as he has played for us. There is a real focus in him at the minute and certainly as a forward passer, he is as good a midfield player as I have worked with. That puts him in the really top bracket.