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Newcastle have finished the marking of Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope on a four-year bargain, with Eddie Hope naming the plug 'uncommon'.
The 30-year-old England worldwide ventured out toward the north-east to go through a clinical and officially seal the exchange on Thursday night after the two clubs had concurred an expense perceived to be in the district of just £10million.
Pope said: "Presently I'm here, I can hardly stand by to get everything rolling.
"The arrangement has required a long time to happen as expected, yet it moved past the line actually rapidly and I'm more than happy to be here and I'm truly anticipating stalling out into it."
Pope, who is brought together with previous Burnley partner Chris Wood, has been one of the Premier League's top guardians throughout the course of recent years and showed up for the Clarets.
He will give fierce opposition to current Newcastle No.1 Martin Dubravka, who held off Karl Darlow last term. To be sure, the last option is supposed to continue on this mid year.
Howe added: "Scratch is a remarkable Premier League and worldwide level goalkeeper. So I'm extremely 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 late spring, 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."
More Newcastle signings on the way
A prestigious shot-plug, Pope kept nine Premier League clean sheets last season. Be that as it may, he was unable to keep Burnley from getting out of the top division.His quick re-visitation of the first class will likewise support his England chances in a World Cup year.
He turns into Howe's subsequent summer marking after with full-back Matt Targett finished a long-lasting switch.
Newcastle are additionally expecting to get Lille over protector Sven Botman and Reims striker Hugo Ekitike.
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