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Winger Spellman is Newport's eighth summer recruit

Michael Spellman playing for SunderlandRex Features

Michael Spellman made his first-team debut for Sunderland against Sheffield Wednesday in the Carabao Cup first round in 2022

Newport County's summer recruitment spree has continued with the g of former Sunderland winger Michael Spellman.

Spellman, 23, has ed subject to international clearance on a deal which will go through to the summer of 2026.

The Sunderland under-23s player is a product of the Park View Academy in the north east, having been on the books of Newcastle United as a schoolboy.

He ed neighbours Sunderland in June 2022 and has subsequently had loans at Whitby Town and Blyth Spartans.

Spellman told the club website: "I am delighted to get the deal over the line.

"I can't wait to get started. The club is on the rise and it wants to play good football which is what I am all about."

Spellman is Newport's eighth g of the summer window, following the arrival of Matt Baker, Jacob Carney, Oliver Greaves, Kai Whitmore, Joe Thomas, Ciaran Brennan and Anthony Glennon.

The club is also searching for a new head coach to succeed Graham Coughlan, who left last month for the League Two club to move in a "different direction".

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