Newcastle United have signed Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from Lyon.
The 24-year-old defensive midfielder has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract at St James’ Park.
He is Newcastle’s third signing of the window following Kieran Trippier’s move from Atletico Madrid and Chris Wood’s arrival from Burnley.
Newcastle have also agreed a £13m deal with Brighton for central defender Dan Burn to return to his native North East.
Guimaraes adds protection to a backline that has kept only two clean sheets in the Premier League this season and are currently 18th in the table.
The fee for the deal is £35m with £6.6m in add-ons. Part of the extras include Newcastle staying in Premier League and 20% of his initial transfer fee will go to his former club Athletico Paranaense.
