NEWPORT County AFC have signed Bristol City striker Shawn McCoulsky on loan.

The 20-year-old scored a total of 31 goals last season with appearances for the Bristol City under-23s, Weston-super-Mare and Bath City.

Beginning his career at Dulwich Hamlet, McCoulsky quickly attracted the interest of some top clubs and joined the Robins in October 2015.

McCoulsky joins the Exiles on a loan deal until January and will begin training on Monday as the team begin preparations ahead of their first League Two match at Stevenage on August 5.

On signing the deal, manager Michael Flynn said: “I’d like to thank Bristol City for their help with this.

"Shawn is a very quick and direct goal scorer and I’m very pleased to have him on board.”

Former Bristol City midfielder Gary Owers is a big fan of McCoulsky.

He told the Bristol Post: “He's a young lad that plays with lots of enthusiasm and really enjoys scoring goals and celebrating scoring goals and you can see that he's got that hunger to be a striker to go on to bigger and better things in the future.”

The Bristol Post also reported earlier this week that McCoulsky picked up a hip flexor injury in a friendly against Bristol Manor Farm on July 9 but the Argus understands that he is already back in training and ready to hit the ground running.