Daily Mirror

Rafa signs Mainz man

- BY SIMON BIRD

YOSHI MUTO has agreed a £9.5million transfer from Mainz to Newcastle.

The Japan striker, 26, agreed personal terms on Tyneside yesterday and became Rafa Benitez’s most significan­t signing of the summer so far.

Muto says he is keen to test himself at a higher level and has set himself a 10-goal target for the Premier League.

Benitez is pushing for two or three more arrivals before the deadline, including another forward and a full-back.

He would like to bring in £16.5m-rated West Brom striker Salomon Rondon.

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