Fox Sports are today reporting that Newcastle United have completed the transfer of Melbourne Heart defender Curtis Good for a fee believed to be around $600k; equivalent £360k.

The 19 year-old, 6’2″ youngster was previously on trial at Newcastle, training with both the Reserve and Seniro squads, for a 10-day period and after much deliberation it would seem the Melbourne-born defender has done enough to convince Alan Pardew to make a formal approach.

Good enjoyed a breakout debut season in the Hyundai A-League last year, playing 25 times, starting 19 of those games, scoring once. His efforts were rewarded with a call-ups to the Australian u20 side and also earned him a place in the Young Socceroos squad for the AFC U-22 Championship in Indonesia next month.

Good will become the second signing of the signing by Alan Pardew, following free-transfer Romain Amalfitano through the door.