Ayoze Perez has confirmed he chose Newcastle United ahead of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Only now has the 21-year-old confirmed that Real and Barca were among those chasing his signature.

"Yes, there was interest from Barcelona and Real Madrid," he said.

"The truth is that the Newcastle bid was quite surprising because firstly there were other teams interested.

"But they pushed very hard to get me. I feel they really valued me."

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