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As Newcastle United continue to develop under Eddie Howe, Paul Mitchell and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), it seems to be vital that the club retains an English core of players.
Whilst foreign talent can often be cheaper both in terms of any sale price as well as their weekly wage, often those players can be hit and miss.
Newcastle land highly-rated youngster
When clubs buy players from the English football pyramid, by and large they know what they’re getting.
That would certainly apply to Peterborough United’s Leon Mukumbira.
BOOM ? Newcastle have completed the signing of u15 attacker Leon Mukumbira from Peterborough.
The search for top talent in English academies continues. ? pic.twitter.com/mBRkIQS5PK
— TheSecretScout (@TheSecretScout_) September 19, 2024
At just 15 years of age, the North East giants have landed the special talent, with Mukumbira undoubtedly looking forward to the next stage of his own development.

 
The signing was announced by youth football expert, The Secret Scout, on X, with a formal announcement by the Magpies expected to follow in due course.
Top photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
