Newcastle United have signed Everton defender Aaron Epia, with youngster becoming the latest teenage talent to join our Academy.
This isn’t the first addition of the summer at youth level, as we exclusively revealed earlier this month that highly-rated Portsmouth midfielder CJ Afumuzor had completed his medical at the club after Newcastle fought off interest from Man Utd, Brighton and Aston Villa for the youngster.
Epia is a left-sided centre-back and Poland youth international, but is eligible to play for England and Nigeria. He is also represented by CAA Stellar; the same agency that look after the likes of Nick Pope and Elliot Anderson.
The Secret Scout report that he’s signed a contract on Tyneside and is likely to link up with our Under-18s after leaving Everton, but there could be a third signing at youth level with a deal for Blackburn’s Rory Finneran also in the pipeline.
Newcastle have held talks with Rovers over a fee and are in pole position to sign the 16-year-old midfielder, despite interest from unnamed sides in Germany.