{"id":738936,"date":"2022-01-07T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T10:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/kieran-trippier-is-newcastles-first-signing-as-new-saudi-owners-will-look-to-splash-the-cash-in-january\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T10:04:25","slug":"kieran-trippier-is-newcastles-first-signing-as-new-saudi-owners-will-look-to-splash-the-cash-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/kieran-trippier-is-newcastles-first-signing-as-new-saudi-owners-will-look-to-splash-the-cash-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Trippier is Newcastle\u2019s first signing as new Saudi owners will look to splash the cash in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dd831f2e-cc3a-5e71-97f6-4d5cfe7afe92&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x0&#038;resize=4000x2250.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>London &#8211; Newcastle announced on Friday they had signed Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid, with the England international becoming the first arrival under the club&#8217;s new Saudi-led ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old full-back has moved back to the Premier League for an undisclosed fee, understood to be in the region of \u00a312 million ($16 million) plus add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>The former Tottenham defender has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract and his arrival signals the launch of a new era under Eddie Howe, who was appointed as manager in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Newcastle United are delighted to confirm the signing of England full-back Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid for an undisclosed fee,&#8221; the club said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NUFC<\/a> complete Kieran Trippier transfer in first major signal of new owner&#039;s intenthttps:\/\/t.co\/Dd9uvbKhDA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JltmFlDcR2\">pic.twitter.com\/JltmFlDcR2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Chronicle (@ChronicleNUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChronicleNUFC\/status\/1479362734487748609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The 31-year-old has agreed terms on a two-and-a-half-year deal and becomes the first senior signing under the club&#8217;s owners and head coach Eddie Howe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trippier said he was relishing his return to England from Spain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m so happy to be joining Newcastle. Everyone knows the fans are unbelievably passionate and I will give my absolute all for them. I can\u2019t wait to get to work \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nufc<\/a> &amp; the fans for the very warm welcome I have received so far \ud83d\udda4\ud83e\udd0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6d0raRrpnv\">pic.twitter.com\/6d0raRrpnv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kieran Trippier (@trippier2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trippier2\/status\/1479363865368477701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to be joining this fantastic club. I really enjoyed my time in Madrid, but when I became aware of interest from Newcastle United, and having worked with Eddie Howe before, I knew this was where I wanted to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m aware there is a lot of work ahead of us, but I know the demands of Premier League well and I know what an amazing club this is with very talented players. I can&#8217;t wait to get started.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle face a struggle just to stay in the Premier League. They are just one place off the foot of the table after a single win all season.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-3ec36fbf98c078251e46e90858aec74b\">AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London &#8211; Newcastle announced on Friday they had signed Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid, with the England international becoming the first arrival under the club&#8217;s new Saudi-led ownership. The 31-year-old full-back has moved back to the Premier League for an undisclosed fee, understood to be in the region of \u00a312 million ($16 million) plus add-ons. 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