Murphy winging his way to Newcastle for £12.5m

Newcastle are understood to have had an increased bid for Norwich City winger Jacob Murphy accepted.

The Magpies had two earlier offers for the England Under-21 international turned down, but appear set to complete their third summer signing after increasing their bid to a reported £12.5 million.

Murphy, 22, will travel back to the UK to discuss personal terms with Newcastle after being included in Norwich’s squad for their summer tour to Germany.

His pending arrival will be welcomed by Magpies boss Rafael Benitez, who has been frustrated so far this summer in his attempts to strengthen his squad following promotion back to the Premier League. Only Chelsea winger Christian Atsu and Eibar defender Florian Lejeune have so far arrived at St James’ Park.

Murphy, who progressed through Norwich’s academy and made his first-team breakthrough in the 2013/14 season, was one of the club’s few shining lights in the Championship last season.

He also played a key role for Aidy Boothroyd’s England Under-21 squad which reached the semi-finals of the European Championships last month when they lost out to Germany on penalties.