Newcastle announce the signing of Dutch midfielder Sean Steur from Ajax

[p]The Netherlands ‌Under-19 international arrives at St ‌James' Park after progressing through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a]'s ‌youth system, having joined the Dutch ‌club at the age of seven.[/p][p]Ajax said in a statement that ‌the transfer fee could amount ⁠to approximately €27 ‌million ($31 million).[/p][embed guid="1f084b86-fffa-4c5c-aebd-51f388778c02" url="https://x.com/NUFC/status/2075193248604430382" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"It's an incredible feeling to be ​here. It's a giant club in the Premier League ​and it was always my dream to play in the best league ⁠in the ​world, so this is really exciting,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/steur-sean/M7pUtmE7/"]Steur[/a] said.[/p][p][b]“I am a player who likes to get on the ‌ball and play forward all the time. I am happy playing between the lines and I feel I have a lot of energy in my game. I just want to win.”[/b][/p][p]Steur, who will wear the number 14 shirt, becomes [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]‌Newcastle[/a]'s third senior signing of the ​transfer window following the arrivals ‌of French goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jaouen-ewen/jyzyc1pE/"]Ewen Jaouen[/a] and Ivorian winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/toure-bazoumana/jqfhZBWt/"]Bazoumana Toure[/a].[/p][p]Newcastle begin their Premier League campaign at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] on August 23.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-eredivisie-who-is-sean-steur-the-18-year-old-midfielder-newcastle-broke-the-bank-for/ziMKqLfn/"]Read more on Newcastle's new signing here[/a][/h2]