Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes has confirmed his need to stick with the membership within the face of reignited curiosity from Manchester Metropolis.
Guimaraes has been on the radar of many of the Premier League’s elite ever since he moved to Newcastle in January 2022, with many of the hypothesis revolving round Arsenal and Metropolis.
Studies final month added Guimaraes to Metropolis’s checklist of summer season switch targets forward of a midfield rebuild sparked by the approaching departure of Kevin De Bruyne, though a price ticket of £100m threatened to place an finish to proceedings early on.
Quizzed on his future by FourFourTwo, Guimaraes didn’t conceal his admiration for Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola however reaffirmed his ever-growing love for Newcastle.
“I am very a lot at house and dwelling a dream,” he mentioned. “For me to depart, it should be one thing nice for the membership, not for me.
“I do not fear about it. I belief the membership and my brokers. I am so glad right here and I need to keep.”
Guimaraes has beforehand spoken with Guardiola however the Brazil worldwide insisted his conversations by no means concerned any switch pitches.
“I’ve spoken with him, however nothing a few potential transfer,” Guimaraes confirmed. “He has mentioned some good issues about my sport, and I’m very humbled by that as a result of he’s one of the best coach I’ve ever seen. I love how he has impacted soccer.”
Newcastle are hoping to maintain maintain of the overwhelming majority of their squad this summer season and, alongside their mammoth price ticket for Guimaraes, are demanding near £150m to half methods with striker Alexander Isak – a charge prone to scare away curiosity from Liverpool.
Metropolis, in the meantime, have a prolonged checklist of midfield targets. Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz is the headline goal however the likes of Morgan Gibbs-White and Gabriel Sara, of Nottingham Forest and Galatasaray respectively, are additionally into consideration.
