(Reuters) - Dutch international midfielder Siem de Jong left Ajax Amsterdam for Newcastle United on Tuesday, agreeing a six-year contract with the English Premier League team. "It is great to have signed for Newcastle," the 25-year-old told the club website (www.nufc.co.uk). "It is a big club that my brother told me all about so I already feel good here." De Jong's younger brother Luuk spent six months on loan at St James' Park last season. "I had been at Ajax a long time and wanted a new challenge in a new environment in a new country," added the former captain of the Amsterdam club.
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