Newcastle have completed the signing of Turkish international Emre Belozoglu from Inter Milan on a five-year deal.
Emre will wear the number five shirt
The midfielder cost the club £3.8m and is the second major summer addition to manager Graeme Souness' squad.
He has won 39 caps, scoring three goals, but played just 19 Serie A games for Inter last season and had two years left on his contract.
The diminutive Emre, 24, joined Inter for £5m in 2001 from Galatasaray, where Souness was previously manager.
"I am delighted to have him. I think he will prove to be a really good player for this football club," Souness said earlier in the week.
"He is left-footed and I think it is imperative that you have a couple of left-footers in your team to give you the balance.
"There is a feeling in Turkey that he is the best Turkish player ever.
"When I was there as a coach, he was a young boy, a very young boy and the name kept cropping up."
A statement from Newcastle to the Stock Exchange confirmed the deal had been completed.