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Newcastle completes signing of Jesus Gamez from Atletico Madrid

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There'll be no more trips to the Camp Nou for Jesus Gamez. Instead, he'll visit venues like Oakwell Stadium and the Pirelli Stadium.

On Friday, Newcastle United completed the signing of Gamez from Atletico Madrid, as the Spanish full-back became the Magpies' fourth signing of the summer when he put pen to paper on a two-year contract.

Gamez, 31, is a product of Malaga CF. He represented the Andalusian club no less than 256 times and became its captain in 2011, leading the team to the Champions League in the 2011-12 La Liga season. He joined Atleti for a fee of over £2 million in 2014, but was never a staple of Diego Simeone's starting XI.

"I am really looking forward to starting the next part of my career at Newcastle," Gamez said. "It was the right time to leave Atletico Madrid and this is the right move for me. We have an exciting project here, to bring Newcastle back to where it belongs, in the Premier League, and I am very happy to be a part of that."

Here's video of Gamez's arrival at Newcastle:

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