Eddie Howe asked to give an official Newcastle United reaction to a media ‘exclusive’ saying Bruno Guimaraes is set to be sold.
This story emerging ahead of United taking on Sunderland.
The ‘exclusive’ stating as fact that advanced talks are now happening with Bruno Guimaraes set to sign for Manchester United.
Reuters with this latest Newcastle United selling one of their best players ‘exclusive’, saying their sources/sauces have told them that United will sell him for £69m to Man U.
Eddie Howe responding to this ‘exclusive’ on Friday morning when asked about it at his pre-Sunderland press conference: “I don’t even know how to respond to that…”
The United boss making clear his contempt for this embarrassing media nonsense: “I don’t even think I should [respond] because it is a waste of my energy.”
The fact that this rubbish has come from Reuters, sums up just how low the media have fallen. The online desperation for attention and clicks seeing even once highly regarded media, reduced to this.
Having journalists follow up this kind of baseless rubbish at press conferences, just further embarrasses those working in the media.
Eddie Howe stating: “It is a nonsense story.”
This official Newcastle United response seeing Eddie Howe going on to state what we surely all knew: “Bruno is our captain and he is fully committed. He is injured at the moment and his only focus is coming back to fitness.”
The idea that Bruno Guimaraes and/or Newcastle United are currently in “advanced talks” to sell their captain to Manchester United….
The Newcastle United Head Coach stating: “To say our captain is in discussions with another club…it is totally disrespectful to Bruno, more than anything else, he is totally committed here [at Newcastle United].”