{"id":247609,"date":"2026-06-10T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/newcastle-sign-jaouen-from-2nd-tier-french-side-reims-the\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:45:27","slug":"newcastle-sign-jaouen-from-2nd-tier-french-side-reims-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/newcastle-sign-jaouen-from-2nd-tier-french-side-reims-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle sign Jaouen from 2nd-tier French side Reims | the\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div aria-label=\"Article content\" id=\"article-content\">\n<p>NEWCASTLE, England (AP) \u2014 Premier League side Newcastle signed goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen from second-tier French team Reims on a long-term contract on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle announced the signing on its website but did not give the length of the contract or the transfer fee. French sports daily L\u2019Equipe said it was a four-year deal estimated at 28.5 million euros (about $33 million), making him the most expensive signing from the French second division.<\/p>\n<p>The highly-rated 20-year-old kept 15 clean sheets for Reims last season and has played for France at Under-21 level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited to become a Newcastle United player,\u201d Jaouen said on Newcastle\u2019s website. \u201cThe passion of the entire city and the atmosphere at St James\u2019 Park are famous throughout football.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-segment--embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Bienvenue \u00e0 Newcastle United, Ewen \ud83d\ude0d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kDchjfpyQx\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kDchjfpyQx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newcastle United (@NUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NUFC\/status\/2064666345355043001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 10, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The imposing Jaouen is 2 meters tall (6 feet 7 inches) and likes passing out from the back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is an exciting young goalkeeper who has shown real promise during his time in France,\u201d Newcastle coach Eddie Howe said. \u201cHe has a calmness and presence that belies his age.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thescore.com\/epl\/news\/3552148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWCASTLE, England (AP) \u2014 Premier League side Newcastle signed goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen from second-tier French team Reims on a long-term contract on Wednesday. Newcastle announced the signing on its website but did not give the length of the contract or the transfer fee. French sports daily L\u2019Equipe said it was a four-year deal estimated at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}