Toon chief scout Graham Carr was at Anfield on Thursday night to watch Liverpool play Lille in the Europa League.
Carr was among a flurry of scouts from the Premier League in attendance at Anfield, with many of them checking on Cabaye and Lille’s teenage ace Eden Hazard.
Geordie Carr has also recently been on scouting mission to Germany to take in a clutch of Bundesliga fixtures as Newcastle seek fresh blood for next season.