Newcastle transfer news: Sean Steur takes over from Alexander Isak as third summer signing is confirmed

Newcastle United person announced the signing of teenage midfielder Sean Steur from Dutch giants Ajax.

The 18-year-old has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a five-year declaration and moves to St James’ Park for an undisclosed fee, believed to beryllium astir €27m (£23m).

Steur has go Eddie Howe’s 3rd signing of the summertime transportation model pursuing the arrivals of attacker Bazoumana Toure from Hoffenheim and goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen from Reims.

Newcastle’s latest accomplishment volition deterioration the No.14 garment which has been vacant since the club-record £125m departure of striker Alexander Isak to Liverpool past summer.

Steur completed his aesculapian connected Wednesday and helium is present looking guardant to a caller section of his vocation successful the Premier League, aft spending 8 years connected the books astatine Ajax.

Steur reacts to joining “giant club” Newcastle from Ajax

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“It’s an unthinkable feeling to beryllium here,” Steur told Newcastle’s authoritative website. “It’s a elephantine nine successful the Premier League and it was ever my imagination to play successful the champion league successful the world, truthful this is truly exciting.

“I was astatine location astatine Ajax – I joined erstwhile I was 7 and I permission with lone bully memories, but erstwhile a nine similar Newcastle comes for you, it’s truly hard to accidental no. The past fewer days person gone accelerated and I’m precise blessed to join.

“I’m a subordinate who likes to get connected the shot and play guardant each the time. I’m blessed playing betwixt the lines and I consciousness I person a batch of vigor successful my game. I conscionable privation to win.”

Head manager Eddie Howe added: “We’re delighted to invited Sean to Newcastle United – he’s a apical young imaginable that has already tasted Champions League and top-flight Dutch football.

“We spot existent imaginable successful Sean and judge helium has the characteristics to go a invaluable subordinate for america for years to come. That’s thing we’re truly excited by and look guardant to moving with him and helping him execute his ambitions.

“Sean is an breathtaking summation to our squad. He’s had an fantabulous upbringing astatine Ajax, who person an outstanding way grounds of producing young players.

Newcastle’s task praised aft confirming Steur signing

Sporting Director Ross Wilson continued: “I’m thrilled that we’ve managed to reason this woody truthful swiftly and marque Sean a Newcastle United player.

“We’ve been alert of his endowment for immoderate clip but truthful has the remainder of European football, truthful it was captious that we were capable to enactment diligently and springiness ourselves the champion accidental of getting Sean connected board. It’s testament to the task we’re moving connected present that players similar Sean are truthful keen to join.

“We’re each truly encouraged astir moving with Sean and I cognize however overmuch Eddie enjoyed his archetypal conversations with him – it near america each adjacent much convinced of what Sean tin bring to this group.

“Sean enters a fantastic situation for young players to make and we’re incredibly excited astir the advancement we judge helium tin marque here. It was large to invited him and his household to Newcastle this week.”

Steur leaves Ajax aft progressing done their younker ranks earlier making 25 first-team appearances during the 2nd fractional of past season

The youngster is simply a two-footed, technically-gifted midfielder who is comfy operating successful a fig six oregon fig 8 presumption successful the centre of midfield.

He is acceptable to nexus up with his caller Newcastle teammates for pre-season, and his accomplishment comes not agelong aft the Magpies sold Sandro Tonali to Tottenham Hotspur for £100m.