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Chancel Mbemba has arrived on Tyneside ahead of his medical and transfer to Newcastle United.

The 20-year-old central defender is expected to join the Magpies from Anderlecht in a deal believed to be in the region of £8.5million, and is set to undergo a medical before finalising the deal tomorrow.

On Thursday afternoon Newcastle United fan Scott Hunt, a manager at Bonbar, claimed to have captured the defender arriving at the Indigo hotel in the City Centre.

He arrived in a similar type Mercedes that greeted Georginio Wijnaldum at the airport, and was photographed entering the hotel lobby, before exiting again and leaving ten minutes later.

He has since been spotted at St James' Park (see tweets below).

The DR Congo international is expected to complete his move to Tyneside tomorrow - joining Anderlecht teammate Aleksandar Mitrovic at the club, after the Serbian striker joined earlier this week. Mbemba will become the Magpies’ third signing of the season.