English Premier League (EPL) Newcastle United will sign defender Sven Botmann (22, The Netherlands), who played for Lille in the French professional football league 1.
Newcastle announced on the club’s website on the 28th (local time) that “there was an agreement in principle to sign only Boat from Lille.”
“Boatman has completed the medical tests and the contract is for 5 years.
The transfer process will be finalized this week,” he added.
The club did not disclose the transfer fee, but according to the BBC, the basic transfer fee is 32 million pounds (about 50.4 billion won) and an additional amount of 2.5 million pounds (about 3.9 billion won) is added to the contract.
Newcastle, which has ‘oil money’ after being sold to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund (PIF) last year, took in Aston Villa’s left-back Matt Target and Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope in the transfer market this summer, and brought in only a boat. exerting strength
A native of the Dutch Ajax youth team, Bottemann played for Lille since July 2020 and played a total of 79 matches (3 goals and 2 assists).
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