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Florian Lejeune has posted footage to his Instagram page of new signing Mikel Merino completing his initiation song.

Singing the popular summer track Despacito - originally by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee but made popular by the Justin Beiber remix - Merino struggles with the words while his new Toon team-mates can be heard laughing.

Spanish for slowly, Newcastle fans will be hoping his integration into the Magpies’ side will be anything but.

The loan signing from Dortmund came of the bench to make his first appearance for the club in Saturday’s friendly defeat to Mainz and will be hoping to get more minutes in the remaining friendlies before next weekend’s season opener against Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park.

The central midfielder comes with an option for Rafa Benitez’s side to buy him permanently, and the 21-year-old is an exciting acquisition to the squad who Benitez has been keen on for some time.

On why he signed for Newcastle, Spaniard Merino said: “It is a great challenge to be in the Premier League and I want to test myself at this level.

“You want to play with the best players and in the best games. That’s really important to us as players.”

See Merino’s initiation song in the video above. Let’s hope his football skills are better than his singing!