Daily Mirror

TOON WILL KEEP DUB FOR £5.2M

Two more matches but £200M a year less for broadcast giant ...BT to host one package and Amazon may get in on the act

- BY SIMON BIRD

NEWCASTLE will pay up to £5.2million for instant-hit keeper Martin Dubravka. The Czech star (below) is on loan and made a brilliant debut in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Manchester United on Tyneside. Dubravka, 29, has been landed for a fee rising to £1.2m once he has played six of the remaining 11 games. Newcastle can trigger a permanent deal by forking out another £4m in the summer, which seems likely if they survive. Dubravka, recruited from Sparta Prague, said: “Two hours before the game against Manchester I didn’t know I was playing. I was happy I could stay calm and enjoy the game. We’ll try our best to go higher.”

SKY will pay £200million a year LESS for its Premier League TV rights.

Under a new deal, announced last night, the broadcaste­r has maintained its strangleho­ld after buying

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