Newcastle set to signal winger after beating Brighton and Wolves to deal

Whereas first-team signings are wished this month ought to outgoings permit it, Newcastle United are additionally out there for future stars in a position to be a part of our ever-improving Below-21 arrange.

This week, there’s affirmation of an unique we launched over the summer time because the membership put together to welcome the addition of a brand new winger tipped for large issues.

Our academy has gone from strength-to-strength because the completion of the PIF takeover and the newest acquisition is one other now we have fought off Premier League competitors to safe the signing of.

Kyle Fitzgerald will formally full his transfer from Galway United to hitch Newcastle on an expert contract on January 28.

NUFCBlog.co.uk revealed in August that we had got here to an settlement for the Irishman, with the Chronicle now confirming that he’ll go straight into our U21s when he turns 18 on the day that the deal turns into official.

Brighton and Wolves have been additionally within the left-winger who will settle in on Tyneside in 2025, however there’s a feeling that there’s a real pathway to the primary crew for Fitzgerald who has already been capped at ROI youth degree.

Naturally it’s a good signal we’ve pipped Brighton to a deal, as they’re notoriously good at making sensible offers and discovering among the greatest younger expertise, notably in Eire.

Fitzgerald will face stiff competitors on the left from Trevan Sanusi, who has generated quite a lot of pleasure with likens to Allan Saint-Maximin and is likely one of the closest to incomes a primary crew call-up.

Sanusi arrived from Birmingham in the summertime of 2023 and has “impressed workers”, displaying that gamers who signal for the Toon academy setup  could be thought-about for first crew alternatives.

We now have actually expanded with Fitzgerald’s transfer following the likes of Leo Shahar and Michael Mills, who’ve each impressed since becoming a member of from Wolves and Port Vale respectively, and Rory Finneran who switched to black-and-white after being Blackburn’s youngest ever first crew participant.