Valentino Lazaro has explained choosing Newcastle United this season ahead of RB Leipzig.
Lazaro is on-loan at Newcastle from Inter Milan.
He told FCInterNews: "It's no secret that I had the opportunity to go to a top club in Germany (Leipzig).
"And playing in the Champions League in a team where many of my friends play. But I wanted to try a new experience, something that I had not yet experienced. So I chose to test myself in the Premier League.
"(Antonio) Conte respected my decision precisely because he knows England and thinks that playing in the Premier League and having continuity can be a good step for me. And to go back to being what I had shown in the past."