Joelinton's arrival at St James' Park sees Newcastle break their transfer record for the second time in seven months, with the fee for the 22-year-old striker surpassing the £21m the club paid for Miguel Almiron in January.
source: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/11769091/newcastle-sign-joelinton-from-hoffenheim-in-40m-club-record-deal
I have never heard of the Player before now, £40m from Newcastle seem quite a fee, IMO.
Joeliton is a very good player. I watched him in a couple of games. He is very young and already a complete striker. Only reason he is not in top 10 in Bundesliga is because Hoffenheim played very attacking football with lot of rotation between their options up front. He and Kramaric had excellent seasons with a couple of other players also scoring a respectable number of goals.
That price for Fekir is an absolute steal. I really don't understand why Lyon let him go for so little money. Maybe they know something we don't. Ie. he had a serious injury to his knee and maybe it didn't heal properly. We shall see.