Newcastle United agree £9.5m fee with Mainz for striker Yoshinori Muto

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The Japan striker Yoshinori Muto is set to add electric pace to Rafael Benítez’s frontline after Newcastle United agreed to sign the 26-year-old from Mainz for £9.5m.

Muto spent Thursday flying from Tokyo to Tyneside ahead of a medical and is expected to become Benítez’s fifth summer signing.

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