Sven Botman has vowed to repay Newcastle United after the Magpies unveiled the Dutchman as the club's most expensive defender of all-time.
Botman has completed his move to Newcastle from Lille for a fee of around £31m plus add-ons after the formalities of the transfer were concluded on Friday. The highly-rated centre-back passed a medical earlier this week and signed a five-year deal before resuming his holiday in Spain.
Although a switch to AC Milan also appealed to Botman, the 22-year-old's dream was to play in the Premier League and, tellingly, he was even previously willing to swap life in the Champions League with Lille for an immediate relegation battle with the Magpies in January. Lille, however, did not want to let Botman go in the mid-season window.
