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Although Newcastle United's new loan signing, Loic Remy, has already played in the Premier League, he's still a bit of an unknown quantity. Here are 10 facts to get to know our new striker.

Including the loan fee paid by Newcastle to QPR, clubs have spent around £29,000,000 in total signing Loic Remy, including his moves to Nice, Marseille and QPR.

Loic Remy was born on January 2 1987 in Lyon, and is of Martinique heritage.

Not including the injury when he arrived at Newcastle, Remy has been sidelined with injury four times in the past year, for a total of approximately 19 weeks.

He scored his first league goal in his first match for Lens, in February 2008. He was there on loan from Lyons, where he had previously played 12 times, 11 as a substitute.

Across his previous five clubs, Remy has an average of roughly one goal every three games, including substitute appearances. His national record for France is lower, at four goals in 18 appearances.

At his last club, QPR, this moves up to almost one goal every two games (six goals in 14 appearances, or 0.43 goals per match) – similar to his record in his second year at Nice (14 goals in 34 appearances).

When interviewed in January, Loic Remy allegedly told a national newspaper he used to dream of being a barman, running a bar on a sunny island.

At 6ft1ins tall, Remy only weighs roughly 12 and a half stone.

Right-footed Remy was top scorer for QPR.