... clinched their place in the first round of the UEFA Cup with a 0-0 draw against Ventspils.
He signed a five-year contract, but would hew take over Alan Shearer's number nine shirt?
Glenn Roeder: "He's thinking about that. He was very successful in the number 30 which he wore at Inter Milan. He scored a lot of goals. Players are superstitious - whether he is going to be that superstitious that he wants to wear 30 at Newcastle, I do not know.
"He obviously knows the significance of the number nine at the club. That is available, as we all know, but I still maintain it is the person who wears the shirt, it's not the number.
"I played with and I have seen a lot of number nines at Newcastle who were not particularly good players and did not score many goals. I also respect that some of Newcastle's very, very best players did wear the number nine - and we know the last holder of that shirt was probably the best.
"He's going to sleep on it."