Newcastle break their transfer record for Brazil striker
Newcastle United have signed Brazilian forward Joelinton from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim on a six-year deal for a club record fee.
,No financial details were disclosed but British media put the fee in the region of 40 million pounds.
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.
Spaniard Benitez left when his contract expired at the end of June, saying those at the top of the north-east club did not share his vision.
"I know it’s a large investment that the club has made in me, and that comes with a huge responsibility," Joelinton was quoetd as saying on the club website
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