Cabaye was told he couldn't join the Newcastle players in Yankeedoodle-land because the Burger-chompers wouldn't give him a visa.
There was obviously concerns as to 'why' he was knocked back, and Newcastle United issued a cock-and-bull story that he "hadn't paid a dentist for treatment".
Does that REALLY have the security bells ringing in America?
Then Newcastle issued a statement: "It was a misunderstanding and it has been sorted out."
So Cabaye would be travelling to America then?
Alan Pardew: "No, it takes three weeks to get a visa so we have sent him to Holland with the reserve side".
BUT ... we hear today "reserve team left-back Paul Dummett has already set off for the States as a replacement for injured Ryan Taylor and the 19-year-old Welsh Under-21 international will figure against Columbus".
So no three week wait for a visa then?