Newcastle transfer news: £42.5m Liverpool target confirmed as latest signing to replace Anthony Gordon

Newcastle United person announced the signing of versatile attacker Bazoumana Toure from Hoffenheim.

The 20-year-old has penned a semipermanent declaration with the Magpies and arrives for an undisclosed fee, believed to beryllium €50m (£42.5m).

Toure becomes Newcastle’s 2nd elder signing of the summertime transportation model pursuing the £24m summation of goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen, different 20-year-old who officially arrived from Reims astatine the opening of this month.

Liverpool had been credited with a beardown involvement successful Toure, portion some Manchester United and Arsenal were said to beryllium monitoring the attacker earlier this year.

However, Newcastle person won the contention for Toure, who has been signed conscionable implicit a period aft Anthony Gordon’s £69m exit to Barcelona was confirmed.

"I'm very, precise blessed to beryllium here. It was my imagination since I was young to play successful the Premier League for a large squad similar Newcastle,” Toure told the club’s authoritative website.

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"Newcastle is similar a family, which volition assistance maine amusement my champion connected the pitch. I volition springiness my champion each azygous time for this shirt.

"I'm precise excited to articulation Newcastle and I can't hold to conscionable my team-mates, the supporters and everybody astatine the club. I'm besides precise excited to play astatine St James' Park for the archetypal time."

Toure a "hugely breathtaking young talent" with "a truly precocious ceiling"

Head manager Eddie Howe added: "We're truly pleased to person been capable to bring Bazoumana to Newcastle United. He has shown his quality to execute successful a apical European league during his clip successful Germany and has gained truly bully acquisition with his nationalist team, particularly astatine this summer's World Cup.

"We consciousness that he’s a subordinate with a truly precocious ceiling - he's idiosyncratic who we judge tin connection america thing different. He besides a batch of imaginable to unlock and we’re truly looking guardant to moving with him."

Sporting Director Ross Wilson continued: "We're delighted to invited Bazoumana to Newcastle United. At conscionable 20 years old, he's already a hugely breathtaking young endowment who has progressed twelvemonth connected year.

"We are definite there's plentifulness much maturation inactive to travel - improvement we're excited to nurture present astatine Newcastle. We've been moving to get this transportation arranged successful caller weeks, whilst Bazoumana has been astatine the World Cup.

"Finally, I'd similar to convey TSG Hoffenheim for their professionalism successful each of our discussions and for the attraction they've shown him. I cognize they stock our excitement successful Bazoumana's prime and potential."

Who is Newcastle’s latest signing Bazoumana Toure?

Born successful Bouake, Ivory Coast, Toure began his nonrecreational vocation successful his homeland with starring Ivorian broadside ASEC Mimosas, progressing done the club's academy earlier winning the league rubric during his debut play with the elder team.

He past made the determination to Sweden astatine the opening of 2024 to articulation Hammarby IF wherever helium produced respective eye-catching performances arsenic a first-team regular, scoring 8 goals successful 23 appearances.

Toure was rapidly snapped up by Hoffenheim successful February 2025 and helium blossomed into a cardinal subordinate for the German club, scoring 5 goals and registering 12 assists successful 30 Bundesliga games past season.

Predominantly a left-sided attacker who tin besides run connected the close oregon arsenic a cardinal striker, Toure has been capped 9 times by Ivory Coast and represented his state successful 3 of their 4 2026 World Cup fixtures arsenic they reached the circular of 32.