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The
32-year-old goalkeeper has put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half year
contract, and he moves back to the north-west where he started his
Premier League career with Blackburn Rovers in 1994.
Unable to
dislodge Tim Flowers at Ewood Park, Shay impressed in loan spells at
Swindon Town and Sunderland before Kenny Dalglish, who had brought him
to Rovers from Celtic, signed him for the Magpies.
Shay made over
450 appearances, including 354 Premier League starts, during a
distinguished Newcastle career and he has amassed 91 caps for the
Republic of Ireland to become the most capped Irish international
goalkeeper.
That makes it four signings during the January
transfer window for City, with Shay following in the footsteps of Wayne
Bridge, Craig Bellamy and Nigel de Jong. He will wear the number 37
jersey.
Mark Hughes is delighted with the deal, and he told us:
"I have said for a long time that we need the experience of a keeper
like Shay. I am delighted that we have been able to acquire such an
accomplished keeper, and one is so highly regarded by everyone in the
Premier League.
"We are getting a very good keeper, and the
experience he has will help the two outstanding young keepers that we
have here in Joe and Kasper. I am looking for them all to grow as a
group, and it's important that we have that influence of a senior
keeper.
"I have had a good talk with him about where we expect to
be in the future. From a football point of view, and a club point of
view, it's an easy thing to sell because we know we are going in the
right direction. Players want to be part of that."
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