Newcastle United have signed England international goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale on a season-long loan from Southampton.
The 27-year-old is reunited with his former AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe, and becomes Newcastle's fourth signing of the summer transfer window, after Antonio Cordero, Anthony Elanga and Seung-soo Park.
"Working with the manager and his coaching staff again were a big draw for me," Ramsdale said in his first Newcastle interview.
"They've already had a great influence on my career and the gaffer turned me from a man into a professional footballer at Bournemouth. He really showed me the ropes so the manager and his coaching staff were a huge selling point for me to come here."
Ramsdale's career so far
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, England on 14 May 1998, Ramsdale started his career at Sheffield United before joining Bournemouth in 2017.
After loan spells with Chesterfield and AFC Wimbledon between 2017 and 2019, he returned to Bournemouth, winning the supporters’ Player of the Year award in 2019/20, before rejoining Sheff Utd at the start of 2020/21 – a campaign in which he was named the club’s Player and Young Player of the Year.
A year later, Ramsdale was on the move again, this time joining Arsenal where he made 89 appearances in all competitions before joining Southampton early in the 2024/25 season.
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Should Ramsdale play for Newcastle, this will be the fifth Premier League team he has represented, having already featured for Bournemouth, Sheffield United, Arsenal and Southampton.
Ramsdale's Premier League clubs so far
For England, Ramsdale has played five times and was part of the squads that reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the final of the 2024 UEFA European Championship.
When could Ramsdale feature for Newcastle?
Ramsdale could make his first Newcastle appearance when Howe's side face Tottenham Hotspur in South Korea on 3 August.
Newcastle kick off their Premier League campaign at Aston Villa on 16 August.