Yanga-Mbiwa only joined United in January 2013, moving from Montpellier in a £8.5 million, five-and-a-half-year deal.
September’s 3-2 Premier League defeat at Everton saw him substituted at half-time, with the Magpies 3-0 down and he struggled for most of last season.
Another French player struggling to hack it in the Premier League.
He lost his place in the heart of Newcastle’s defence to Mike Williamson, and now he is available for transfer at the right fee.
Bordeaux’s new manager Willy Sagnol had identified the three-times France international to lay the foundations to his new era at Les Girondins.
But sources in France claim talks over a move have foundered over Yanga-Mbiwa’s salary demands, which while modest by Premier League standards dwarf those on offer at all but Paris St Germain and Monaco among Le Championnat clubs.