NEWPORT County AFC have signed striker George Barker on loan from Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion.

The 22-year-old will remain at Rodney Parade until after the home match with Oxford United on January 1.

County are still waiting on final confirmation of international clearance for the youngster but are confident that he will be able to play some part against Cheltenham Town tomorrow.

He has previously had loan spells at Lewes and Barnet and made his Brighton debut in March.

Earlier this year he was one of four footballers found not guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage woman in a Brighton hotel room.