Leeds sign midfielder Longstaff from Newcastle

Newly-promoted Leeds have signed midfielder Sean Longstaff from Premier League rivals Newcastle, it was announced on Friday.

No fee was disclosed but British media reports said the four-year deal was worth an initial £10 million, rising to £12 million.

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Sean Longstaff becomes our fifth signing of the summer, after joining from Newcastle

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Longstaff, 27, in the final season of his Newcastle contract, has moved to Elland Road after being restricted to eight Premier League starts for his hometown club last term.

He made 171 top-flight appearances for the Magpies after coming through their academy, but fell behind Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali in the race for regular first-team football.

Longstaff is Leeds' fifth pre-season signing following the arrivals of Lukas Nmecha, Jaka Bijol, Sebastiaan Bornauw and Gabriel Gudmundsson.

Leeds, promoted after winning last season's second-tier Championship, are looking to re-establish themselves among the elite.

They were one of English football's pre-eminent clubs of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as the last team to win the old First Division, the forerunner of the Premier League, in 1992.