Northampton Town star Toney completes dream Newcastle United move

"I'm happy to be here and very excited.

The players here are a great standard and I can't wait to get going and show what I'm all about.

Being a young lad who is scoring goals in the Football League was a great thing. Now I want to progress here and eventually do it in the Premier League."

"This is a fantastic opportunity for Ivan to go and join one of the biggest clubs in the country.

Newcastle United are a huge club and to have a club like that sign Ivan is of huge credit to Ivan and Northampton Town.

I'm not surprised as it is clear he has a huge amount of ability and to have played 60 games and scored 13 goals in senior football at 19 years old, an age when not many players have even made their debut, shows just how much potential he has. He is already used to senior football and he has the outlook and physical presence way beyond many other 19 year olds.

We are really sorry to see him go but we understand and accept it is hard to stand in the way of a player when a big Premier League club have an interest. We wish Ivan well.

We need a replacement for him and that's something we are working on."