Newcastle will sign Czech international defender David Rozehnal from French club Paris St Germain.
Twenty-six year old Rozehnal, who played for Czech side Olomouc before moving to Belgium side Bruges and then PSG, was capped 34 times.
"The definite agreement was reached, David goes to Newcastle", the player′s agent Pavel Zika said to www.idnes.cz.
According to Zika the Czech defender is due to undergo a medical on Monday before signing a 4 year contract.
German club Borussia Dortmund and Spanish side Sevilla had also been interested in Rozehnal, however Newcastle appear to have beat everyone to sign the Czech international defender.
The Magpies initially had a £2 million bid discarded for the Czech international, whilst Dortmund are thought to have tabled £2.7 million.
Rozehnal started his career in his home country with Sigma Olomouc and twice won the Belgian title with Bruges before his transfer to PSG in 2005.
Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce is keen to bring in central defenders after releasing Titus Bramble, Craig Moore, Oguchi Onyewu as well as left back Olivier Bernard.
He tried to sign ex-Bolton centre back Tal Ben Haim however missed out as the Israel international opted to join Chelsea.
Allardyce has also been linked with a move for 33 year old Liverpool stalwart Sami Hyypia and Marseille captain Habib Beye.
Hyypia made 29 appearances for the Reds last season however has seen Jamie Carragher and Daniel Agger establish themselves as Liverpool′s 1st-choice centre back partnership.
