Former Newcastle United favourite Yohan Cabaye resolved to score goals and win over the Toon Army in order to help Joe Kinnear 'remember' his name following his 'kebab' gaffe. The former Magpies boss endured a brief but disastrous stint as the club's director of football in 2013, making a number of false claims as well as getting players' names wrong.
Cabaye was not the only player to hear a new interpretation of his surname during the controversial radio interview with talkSPORT, with Kinnear also struggling with Hatem Ben Arfa and Sammy Ameobi's names. Now, a decade on from the embarrassing episode, the retired French playmaker has revealed how he took the slight in his stride.
Cabaye told FourFourTwo: "I was surprised. I was surprised that someone working for the club didn’t know his players’ names. But it’s OK. Maybe if I scored some goals, the fans would call my name and he could remember it."
