After a superb last season, a number of Newcastle's top players are being eyed up by rivals, such as Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse, not least Cabaye himself.

He said: "Demba scored so many goals for us so it's going to be important to keep him - and keep all the big players.

"I hope the board are going to do the right things to keep them.

"I don't know if we can go higher than last season, but we have to keep doing the right thing."