Newcastle close in on £3m signing of Switzerland defender Fabian Schar

• Central defender undergoing medical on Wednesday
• Deportivo La Coruña player the fourth signing of summer

Newcastle United are close to completing the £3m signing of the Switzerland central defender Fabian Schär from Deportivo La Coruña.

Providing Schär passes the medical he underwent on Wednesday on Tyneside, the 26-year-old will become the fourth recruit of a frustrating summer transfer window in which Rafael Benítez appears increasingly unhappy at having to operate within the confines of a sell-to-buy policy.

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