An exclusive on Wednesday night revealed that Bruno Guimaraes has now told Newcastle United he wants to leave the club and join Arsenal.
This news of course not going down well at all with United fans.
As this news was broken by the very reliable David Ornstein, I’m afraid we have to believe it is true. Plus his report was then followed up by various other credible journalists, saying similar.
The man from The Athletic, David Ornstein, states in his exclusive today that: ‘The Premier League champions are stepping up their pursuit of the 28-year-old and have indicated a willingness to pay up to £60million for the midfielder. The Athletic reported in June that Arsenal had a verbal offer — worth below £60m — rebuffed. Newcastle insisted at the time that they would not entertain bids for Guimaraes. There has been no club-to-club contact so far and the north-east side are currently maintaining that position.’
However, a more positive update has now emerged on this Bruno Guimaraes situation.
Luke Edwards of The Telegraph revealing his information from informed sources: ‘I’m told Bruno is extremely emotional following Brazil’s early exit from the World Cup. This is probably his last chance to secure a big money move to a team competing for title and Champions League. But he does not want to tarnish his legacy at Newcastle and will only leave if clubs can agree a price.’
The Telegraph reporter going on to add: ‘Newcastle United valuation is around the £100m fee they received for Tonali. No chance they sell at £50-60m. Very unlikely Bruno goes down the same path as Isak to force an exit but he would like a move to Arsenal.’
There are no positives to take from the news that Bruno Guimaraes has said he would like to leave Newcastle United for Arsenal.
However, it doesn’t automatically mean that a transfer will happen.
The idea that Newcastle United would take a transfer fee of around half what Elliot Anderson is going to Manchester City for, is just laughable. Or indeed for £40m less than Sandro Tonali has gone to Tottenham for.
Bruno Guimaraes is a better player than Sandro Tonali and far superior to Anderson. Tonali is two years younger than Bruno and Elliot Anderson five years younger, however, the Brazil international is worth £100m of anybody’s money.
Plus he is basically priceless in terms of his value to Newcastle United with everything he gives us, so £100m should be the very least he could go for, which I am sure Bruno Guimaraes will understand.
You need a player willing to move clubs, then you need a club wanting to buy and another willing to sell.
Bruno Guimaraes has effectively three years left on his Newcastle United contract as NUFC can unilaterally add another year to the two left on his current deal, so no contract pressure to sell.
It just feels like Arsenal are trying to take advantage and hopefully they stick to their £60m lowball offer which has zero chance of succeeding.