By Daily Sports on July 24, 2019

Newcastle United have signed Brazilian forward Joelinton from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim on a six-year deal for a club record fee, the Premier League team announced on Tuesday.

No financial details were disclosed but British media put the fee in the region of £40 million ($49.76 million).

The 22-year-old Joelinton is the club’s first signing of the transfer window and the first under new manager Steve Bruce, who replaced the departed Rafa Benitez this month.

Newcastle’s previous record transfer fee was the £20 million they spent on Paraguay playmaker Miguel Almiron from MLS side Atlanta United in January.

Joelinton will have the No. 9 shirt, which has been worn by some of the club's top strikers including all-time top scorer Alan Shearer and which was recently vacated by departed Venezuelan Salomon Rondon.

Joelinton moved to the Bundesliga from Recife in June 2015 and then joined Rapid Vienna on loan for two years, scoring 21 goals in 79 appearances.

He returned to help Hoffenheim finish ninth in the Bundesliga last season, scoring 11 goals in 35 games. (ESPN)

•Photo shows Joelinton 

Source Daily Sports

Posted July 24, 2019

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