Joe Buck reacts as Newcastle United complete their first signing of the January transfer window. Manchester City youngster Alfie Harrison has joined the Magpies on a deal until 2026.
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00:00 So, it's taken until 8 hours before the January transfer window closes but Nugatsi United
00:05 have made a signing. It's the one we all expected. They've announced that they've signed Alfie
00:09 Harrison from Manchester City on an undisclosed fee. Harrison will join the club until 2026.
00:16 There might be an option to extend, that's what Fabricio Romano reported yesterday that
00:20 Nugatsi will maybe be able to extend that until 2027. But as it stands, Harrison is
00:25 the only signing of this window and likely to be the only signing. But it's a promising
00:30 move. It's one that sort of came out of nowhere. One that won't impact the first team, you
00:35 wouldn't think too much. Harrison is only 18 years old, so it's very much one for the
00:39 future. But highly rated at Manchester City by all accounts and someone that, you know,
00:44 hopefully will have a big role to play around the Nugatsi first team in a couple of years'
00:48 time. We've seen Lewis Miley, who's younger than Harrison, make his impact on the team
00:51 but that was really born out of necessity really. And you don't know the injuries. So
00:55 Harrison will hopefully have time to be able to bed in with new club, new surroundings
00:59 before he is thrown in the first team. However, we all know the injury situation right now,
01:04 with the, especially in the striker department, Alexander Rizak, expected to miss a couple
01:08 of weeks. Callum Wilson just come back from injury. Now Harrison isn't an out and out
01:12 striker but as an attacking midfielder, he might end up, you know, playing a role in
01:16 that team earlier than expected. I don't think he will be involved on Saturday. The club
01:21 statement announcing him said he's going to join up with the professional development
01:25 phase. So you expect that he's going to work with the academy work, with, you know, the
01:30 people of his age to get him ready for first team football. But right now, he is Nugatsil's
01:35 only signing of the window and someone that might play a role in the team in the coming
01:39 weeks. But yeah, so with eight hours of the window to go, there or thereabouts, Nugatsil
01:43 have made a signing. Alfie Harrison has joined from Manchester City on an undisclosed fee
01:48 until the end of 2026. But of course, the best way you can stay up to date with all
01:52 the latest Nugatsil transfer news on deadline day and after is with the Shields Gazette.
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