Newcastle manager Steve McClaren is confident of signing PSV Eindhoven's Georginio Wijnaldum Newcastle manager Steve McClaren is confident of signing PSV Eindhoven's Georginio Wijnaldum

PSV Eindhoven have given attacking midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum permission to talk to Newcastle about a possible move and undergo a medical.

Sky sources report that the clubs have agreed a fee in the region of £14.5m for the Dutch international and the transfer is expected to be ratified at a PSV board meeting on Friday morning.

Wijnaldum has left his hotel in France and is en route to the north-east, and Newcastle are hoping to have him in the travelling party which is heading to the United States for a pre-season tour this weekend.

The 24-year-old Wijnaldum claimed the Dutch player of the year award last season, as he captained PSV to the Eredivisie title, and has been a long-term Newcastle target.

The former Feyenoord man has been capped 19 times by the Netherlands and was on target in their 3-0 defeat of Brazil in the third place play-off at the World Cup last summer.

Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren knows Wijnaldum well from his two stints in charge of Dutch side FC Twente.