Newcastle United Agree Deal For Lyon's Bafetimbi Gomis

[Folami David]

Newcastle have agreed a fee to sign 27-year-old France striker Bafetimbi Gomis from Lyon.
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The Ligue 1 club accepted an offer in the region of £8m, but Newcastle must still agree personal terms.
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Gomis, who is close friends with Magpies midfielder Moussa Sissoko, scored 20 in 44 games for Lyon last season.
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Newcastle are also working on a deal for QPR's Loic Remy, another France international, on a season-long loan.
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Gomis, who has scored three goals in 12 appearances for France, becomes Newcastle's first major transfer business of the summer following Joe Kinnear's arrival as director of football.
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Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has been in the market for a new striker having sold Demba Ba to Chelsea for £7m in January.
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He will become the 11th Frenchman in Newcastle's first-team squad.
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Gomis came through the youth ranks at lower league outfit Sporting Toulon Var before moving to St Etienne in 2000 aged 15.
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The striker made his senior debut for St Etienne in 2004, and went on to make 142 league appearances for the club, scoring 40 goals.
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He scored twice on his international debut for France in a friendly against Ecuador in May 2008, which earned him a place in Les Bleus' squad for Euro 2008.
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In July 2009 Gomis made a £13m switch from St Etienne to Lyon where he has spent the last four seasons.