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Newcastle United have marked Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope for a charge remembered to be in the locale of £11 million.
The Athletic revealed recently that an arrangement had been concurred on a basic level and Pope headed out to Tyneside on Thursday to finish a clinical.
The 30-year-old has joined Eddie Howe's side on a four-year bargain subsequent to leaving consigned Burnley.
Pope said of his turn: "Presently I'm here, I can hardly hold on to get everything rolling. The arrangement has required two or three weeks to work out as expected however it moved past the line actually rapidly, and I'm glad to be here and I'm truly anticipating stalling out into it."
Howe added: "Scratch is an uncommon Premier League and global level goalkeeper so I'm exceptionally satisfied to serious areas of strength for add to a vital position.
"There has been a ton of interest in him from different clubs this mid year, so I might want to thank our proprietors and everybody in the background for stretching out us beyond the opposition. I'm more than happy he is going along with us as we get ready for the interesting test ahead."
He showed up during a six-year spell at Turf Moor and has up to this point procured eight covers for England, with a transition to Newcastle liable to support his possibilities of making Gareth Southgate's World Cup crew.
Pope is supposed to give real contest to Martin Dubravka, who was the undisputed No 1 last season except for was sidelined with a foot injury in the initial a long time of the mission.
Newcastle had been looking to patch up their goalkeeping office and prior this week permitted Freddie Woodman to join Championship side Preston North End.
Howe is on a mission to expand on an eleventh set finish following a resurgent last part of the time fought off transfer fears.
The club have proactively gotten the arrival of left-back Matt Targett on a long-lasting premise however while conversations go on for Hugo Ekitike, the 20-year-old Reims striker, and Sven Botman, the Lille community half, neither has yet advanced to the phase of being finished up.
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