July 24 (Reuters) - ⁠Newcastle United have signed midfielder ⁠Aladji Bamba on a five-year deal ‌from French side AS Monaco, the Premier League club said on Friday.

• The club ​will pay an initial ⁠fee of £30 million ($39.95 ⁠million), plus add-ons, for the 20-year-old, ⁠according ‌to British media reports.

• A product of Monaco's academy, ⁠Bamba made his first-team debut for ​the ‌Ligue 1 club last year and ⁠went ​on to make 25 appearances, including both legs of Monaco's Champions League ⁠knockout phase playoff against ​Paris St Germain.

• “I’m excited to test myself in a new league, the ⁠biggest league in the world. I learned a lot last season and now I feel ready for ​this new opportunity. I ⁠will give my all for this ​club,” Bamba said ‌in a statement.

($1 = 0.7510 ​pounds)

(Reporting by Paras J. Haji in BengaluruEditing by Toby Davis)