The plenty-travelled 34-yr-vintage has been a loose agent given that leaving Bordeaux ultimate year.
Lille might be his tenth membership in 15 years as a expert. He has also performed for Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon, Marseille, English outfit Hull City and Spanish club Real Valladolid.
He shone in four seasons at Newcastle, with the membership's then supervisor Alan Pardew comparing his abilities to those of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
His performances within the Premier League earned him a place in the France squad for the 2012 European Championship.
But after a a hit go back to France in 2015 when he scored 17 dreams in 34 appearances for Nice, his profession stalled in a goalless live at famous person-studded PSG and he scored simply twice in 24 video games for Bordeaux.
Lille additionally announced that with Ben Arfa's arrival, 24-yr-old Turkish midfielder Yusuf Yazici can be loaned to CSKA Moscow till the cease of the season with an alternative for a permanent pass.
After pipping Qatar-sponsored PSG to a wonder Ligue 1 name remaining season, Lille are 21 factors in the back of PSG this campaign.
