Newcastle United have received a transfer boost at last this summer as they have agreed a deal for AC Milan defender Malick Thiaw.
The clubs have agreed a package of around £34.3million and the German is due on Tyneside for a medical.
Thiaw will provide competition at the heart of the defence, taking their stable to five. Sven Botman and Jamaal Lascelles started here, after last season’s first-choice pairing Fabian Schar and Dan Burn played against Espanyol on Friday night.
Long term, Newcastle will see Thiaw, 24, as the right-sided replacement for Schar, who turns 34 in December.