{"id":980139,"date":"2026-08-04T13:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/980139\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:28:17","slug":"bruno-guimaraes-newcastle-make-progress-for-man-utd-target-with-arsenal-deal-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/980139\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Guimaraes: Newcastle make ‘progress’ for Man Utd target with Arsenal deal done"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle<\/a> are making progress in attempts to sign a Manchester United midfield target who will serve as the direct replacement for Bruno Guimaraes, who is heading to Arsenal, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Much has been reported on Guimaraes<\/strong><\/a> over the past few weeks, with sources and journalists in the industry having a hard time agreeing on what has or has not happened.<\/p>\n

A few things are confirmed by all, such as Guimaraes wants to join Arsenal<\/strong><\/a>, and a full agreement on personal terms has been sealed.<\/p>\n

On Monday, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano claimed that while a club-to-club agreement is NOT yet in place, one is very, very close to being finalised<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, ESPN Brasil reported over the weekend that Arsenal and Newcastle<\/strong><\/a> have already agreed a fee \u2013 \u00a370m plus \u00a310m in add-ons.<\/p>\n

A follow-up from the same outlet on Monday doubled down on those claims<\/strong><\/a>, and suggested the reason Newcastle are denying any such agreement exists is because they want a replacement signed, or at the very least lined up, before Guimaraes goes.<\/p>\n

And according to a fresh update from L\u2019Equipe<\/a>, Arsenal and Newcastle have agreed a deal for Guimaraes\u2019 transfer.<\/p>\n

With the Brazilian now on course to join the Premier League champions, Newcastle are stepping up efforts to sign his successor, and they\u2019ve made progress in that regard.<\/p>\n

Newcastle to sell Bruno Guimaraes and sign Felix Nmecha?<\/strong><\/p>\n

L\u2019Equipe stated: \u2018The agreement between Arsenal and Newcastle for the\u00a0transfer of Bruno Guimaraes, reported by L\u2019\u00c9quipe\u00a0for \u20ac90 million excluding bonuses, has accelerated negotiations on another matter.<\/p>\n

\u2018The English club\u2019s management is now making progress in bringing in a replacement for the Brazilian.<\/p>\n

\u2018For several weeks, a clear target has been identified: Felix Nmecha<\/strong><\/a> (25 years old), under contract with Dortmund until 2030.<\/p>\n

\u2018The German international (12 caps), who also holds English citizenship, is considered the ideal candidate to bolster the Magpies\u2019 midfield, already strengthened by the signing of Aladji Bamba from Monaco (\u20ac41.5 million including \u20ac6 million in bonuses).<\/p>\n

\u2018The financial details of the negotiations between Newcastle and Dortmund have not been disclosed, but the English club is already aware of all of the German side\u2019s demands in this matter.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Nmecha has been identified as an option to round out the midfield overhaul at Manchester United.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail\u2019s Chris Wheeler<\/strong><\/a> and journalist Graeme Bailey<\/strong><\/a> are just two of many more to have confirmed Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> have looked into a move for the Germany international.<\/p>\n

But with Newcastle now reportedly making progress in their quest to bring Nmecha to St. James\u2019 Park, yet another midfielder may soon be removed from Man Utd\u2019s shortlist.<\/p>\n

Others Man Utd explored moves for this summer but were denied signing include Elliot Anderson (Manchester City), Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes (both Tottenham) and Aurelien Tchouameni (signed new contract at Real Madrid).<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T MISS:\u00a0<\/strong>Newcastle \u2018remove all reference\u2019 to Guimaraes in definite Arsenal transfer update<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle are making progress in attempts to sign a Manchester United midfield target who will serve as the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":980140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[5407,127552,24775,204,9655,3782,16863,50,220,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-980139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arsenal","tag-bruno-guimaraes","tag-felix-nmecha","tag-front-page","tag-home-page","tag-manchester-united","tag-newcastle-united","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/980140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}