Town have confirmed the season-long loan signing Sweden international Jens Cajuste from Napoli.

Last week, the 25-year-old had been near to joining Brentford on a loan with a view to a £10 million permanent signing, however, that switch broke down, reportedly after the Gothenburg-born midfielder failed a medical.

Subsequently, the Blues agreed a deal with the Serie A side and he underwent a medical on Friday before watching Saturday’s Premier League opener against Liverpool from the directors’ box with his family.

Town are understood to have paid a €1.5 million (£1.3 million) loan fee with a mandatory €12 million (£10.2 million) buy-out should the Blues stay up.
 
“This feels great and I’m happy to be here,” Carjuste, the Blues’ ninth signing of the summer, told TownTV. “It took a little while with the negotiations but I’m finally here and I’m very excited.
 
“I’ve had great conversations with the manager and this seems like a very interesting project. It’s an ambitious club and a team that is progressing.
 
“I’m a player that works hard and I want to contribute inattack and defence. I want to play as much as possible and I’ll be looking to get some good tackles in!”
 
Blues boss Kieran McKenna added: “We’re really happy to add Jens to the squad.
 
“He gives us another different profile to our midfield and puts us in a strong position in that department.
 
“Jens has a lot of experience across top leagues in Europe and in international football. He brings good physical and technical qualities to the squad and he is a very dedicated and committed professional.”

Cajuste, who has won 23 full caps, started his career in Sweden with Örgryte IS before moving on to Denmark’s Midtjylland and then Reims in France.

He joined Napoli for €12 million (£10 million) a year ago, signing a five-year deal. Last season, Cajuste, who has featured in the Champions League with Midtjylland and Napoli, recorded two assists in 26 appearances in Serie A without scoring.

Premier League clubs are allowed only two domestic loans at one time, four over the course of a season, as well as six international loans, although with exemptions relating to players under-21.

Cajuste takes the number of players who qualify for the 25-man Premier League squad to 25, plus Liam Delap, Omari Hutchinson and Cameron Humphreys, who are under 21.

It's likely Freddie Ladapo and perhaps one or two others, such as George Edmundson, Cieran Slicker, Ali Al-Hamadi or Marcus Harness, may move out on loan in order to free up more space.

Town’s last Swedish player was striker Jonas Axeldal, who was a member of the squad which won promotion to the Premier League in 2000.

The Blues’ only other Swede was loanee forward Niklas Gudmundsson, who was in the side which reached the play-offs in 1996/97.

Photo: ITFC/Matchday Images

Bert added 19:43 - Aug 19 Ashton has delivered again. It may take a few weeks to blend our new recruits into the team so we must be patient. Results will come.
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dirtydingusmagee added 19:45 - Aug 19 Sorry Ipswicholdboy was meant to be up mark
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Marinersnose added 19:54 - Aug 19 Saxonblue if you saw the game Saturday he was actually our best midfielder and it was Morsey who struggled with pace.
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Karlosfandangal added 19:54 - Aug 19 I think Luongo will be a bench player now which will be a shame as he has been a rock for Town, Are Cajuste and Phillips fighting for the same place or have we signed a Morsy upgrade.
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TimmyH added 19:58 - Aug 19 Welcome aboard...as mentioned won't be at all surprised if he comes in for Luongo whom tired in that 2nd half.
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TimmyH added 19:59 - Aug 19 Raheem Stirling anybody? :)
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Saxonblue74 added 20:04 - Aug 19 Marinersnose, I did watch Saturday and I don't think either of them struggled with pace.
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BlueSwede added 20:08 - Aug 19 Excellent piece of business. And happy to see a fellow Swede in the blue shirt.
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planetblue_2011 added 20:11 - Aug 19 Welcome Jens! I’m sure you will bring more Steele to the midfield. Sounds a good signing
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churchmans81 added 20:14 - Aug 19 “An interesting project”? Well yes, I’d tend to agree. It certainly is!!
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blues1 added 20:15 - Aug 19 GForce. Bcse,he didntcfaio a medical at Brentford. It fell through due to a paperwork issue, according to Fabrizio Romano.
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tractordamage added 20:24 - Aug 19 All the players we sign are outstanding on Football Manager (which is extraordinarily accurate)...and Cajuste might be the best. He can do everything. On paper, Kalvin Phillips and Cajuste are elite Defensive Midfielders. Hope they enjoy their football here, and fulfill their incredible talent.
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SuperKieranMcKenna added 20:25 - Aug 19 Another top quality signing through the door. Can’t wait till the new guys are bedded into our team and playing style. Nice one Ashton a delivered again !
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FreddySteady added 20:51 - Aug 19 Cakeman’s question is a good one though. What if he has a crap season…do we still have to buy him!! P.S. I don’t think he will have a crap season btw
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ArnieM added 20:51 - Aug 19 GForce:: I think Brentford tried to be smart arses . Fail the player in his medical to try and lower the financial demands. Got what they deserved in my book.
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BuckieBlue added 20:51 - Aug 19 The club must be confident of his ability to commit to buying him (if we stay up)- so I'll take as a positive not a risk.
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BuckieBlue added 20:54 - Aug 19 The club must be confident he'll be a success with this clause included (if we stay up). So I'll take this as a positive not a risk.
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Europablue added 21:07 - Aug 19 Great signing. I'm interested to find out where he fits into our plans considering we also just signed Phillips. There is serious intent there if we are agreeing to 10 million to sign him.
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Europablue added 21:11 - Aug 19 If he has a bad season and we stay up it will be like we signed him now and it didn't work out. I suppose we could also get out of the signing if someone else was interested, maybe we'd have to make up the difference. I think the main concern is for Napoli to get their money.
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9darter added 21:12 - Aug 19 I think we can look at it another way: We bought him for £10.2 mil but won't have to pay until next year if we stay up. If we are relegated the deal is reversed and we only pay the loan fee. And it's pronounced Ka-yust.
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Magic8 added 21:13 - Aug 19 Europablue..I think we may play a little less expansively in the PL...maybe with Phillips Morsy and Cajuste in a more narrow midfield...certainty Morsy needs help if he is going to remain in midfie
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WalkRules added 21:46 - Aug 19 Any idea of shirt number? Is this our #9 or is that shirt still to be filled?
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Mariner1974 added 00:41 - Aug 20 Looking forward to seeing Cajuste in action. Looks to have a great turn on him and glides forward with the ball at pace. Bit of a Pierre Ekwah type player...or the new Kevin Bru....
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Sospiri added 05:11 - Aug 20 He looks talented, but has he ever scored a goal?
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jonwillpott added 06:35 - Aug 20 Is that of relevance @ Sospiri???? We have plenty of players now who can 'hit the sack' =....what we were missing was the craft and tenacity to stop the opposition scoring at tthe other end defence/defensive midfield....just look at goals conceded last season!!!!
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