In one of this summer’s most unexpected soccer transfers (at least up until now) Premier League side Newcastle United paid $50 million for the right to acquire Brazilian striker Joelinton from TSG Hoffenheim.
The fee paid to acquire the 22-year-old in the club’s long history broke the record previously set by the $28 million the club paid to sign forward Michael Owen in 2005.
Joelinton is considered one of the top young forwards in European soccer. He burst onto the scene in 2018-19 as a goal-scoring threat, tallying 11 scores in only 34 games with the Bundesliga side.
Sport Recife is where the 22-year-old began his professional career, but he then moved to Germany from his native Brazil in 2015.
The majority of his first two seasons were spent on loan, however, playing for Austrian club Rapid Wien, where he scored 15 goals in 60 matches.
Now, the young forward, who is considered to have the potential to play for Brazil’s powerful national team at some point in the future, will have the chance to prove his mettle in the ultra-competitive Premier League.
The Magpies will look to him to provide a scoring threat as they fight to advance past the league’s mid-table positions.
