Football fans have cheekily referred to Alan Pardew's spending spree as his 'French Revolution' at Newcastle United.
But it seems the club has embraced its new cosmopolitan squad mix and taken the joke to the next step - with the Toon Army embracing Le Newcastle United by literally painting St James' Park red, blue and white.
With Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko, Hatem Ben Arfa, Yoan Gouffran, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Romain Amalfitano, Massadio Haidara, Gabriel Obertan and Mathieu Debuchy all in the squad, they were made more than welcome with a rendition of the French national anthem La Marseillaise played before kick-off.
Fans looked dapper dressed in berets that were handed out around the ground, while Geordie folk song 'Blaydon Races' was sung in French.
The feel-good French sentiment even went as far as their opponents Southampton - whose Frenchman Morgan Schneiderlin's mistake opened the scoring for the home side on three minutes.
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