Saturday brought news via the media in Portugal that Lukas Hornicek was going to travel to La Manga rather than Tyneside to take his medical.
This followed Newcastle United triggering the goalkeeper’s €30m (approx £25.7m) contract release clause.
Now Sky Sports have confirmed that Lukas Hornicek did indeed travel to Spain and that he has now completed his medical there.
They state that a formal announcement the Czech Republic international has signed for NUFC is now imminent.
Lukas Hornicek has already joined up with the rest of the Newcastle United squad ahead of the official confirmation.
On Thursday night, with him set to sign for Newcastle United the goalkeeper was left out of the Sporting Braga matchday squad against Zeleznicar Pancevo and in his absence Sporting Braga won 4-0 in the Conference League qualifier.
Hull City triggered his release clause earlier this summer but the Sporting Braga keeper then turned them down.
The 6ft 6 goalkeeper turned 24 in July and has had a huge breakthrough year.
He became first choice for Sporting Braga and helped them to finish fourth in the domestic league, reach the semi-finals of the Europa League, as well as runners-up in the Portuguese League Cup. In the process he managed 24 clean sheets across all competitions, including 11 in the Europa League.
The 6ft 6 goalkeeper made his debut for the Czech Republic in May, on the back of his outstanding club season. Lukas Hornicek an unused sub in the three Czech Republic matches at the World Cup this summer.
Once Lukas Hornicek is officially confirmed as a Newcastle United player, he will become the fifth signing of the summer. Following Ewen Jaouen, Bazoumana Toure, Sean Steur and Aladji Bamba through the door. The near £26m transfer fee will also take the summer spending beyond the £150m mark.