EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle sign son of former Leicester striker and Charlton centre-back

Newcastle United have added Theo Benjamin to their youth ranks following an impressive trial period, with Charlton talent Lesecond Yeutembip also sealing a move to the North East.

Theo is the son of former Leicester, Brighton and Crystal Palace forward Trevor Benjamin and has signed a two-year deal on Tyneside, becoming the latest addition to our U15s alongside Yeutembip; who previously captained youth side Barking & Dagenham.

Yeutembip is a 14-year-old centre-back who comes from Charlton’s highly-regarded Academy. The rangy defender has traveled with the U15s to Japan this week and featured in a defeat to a J-League youth side in Tokyo today.

Benjamin and Yeutembip are two of several new faces to join our much-improved U15 set up over the last 12 months, with Newcastle recently recruiting 14-year-old midfielder CJ Afumuzor from Portsmouth, as we exclusively revealed back in June.

Trevor Benjamin – the father of new recruit Theo – scored 15 goals in 81 appearances for the Foxes between 2000 and 2005 and has helped coach both of his sons Theo and Zac, with the latter previously landing a trial at Burnley after impressing Ammers Academy in Yorkshire.

A number of other U15 additions arrived last summer, with Sam Alabi (Oldham), Michael Mills (Port Vale), Sam Pinnington (Luton Town) and Kacey Wooster (Southend).