Magpies rejected opening offer of \u00a370m on Monday<\/p>\n
Newcastle captain to travel from Spain training camp<\/p>\n
Bruno Guimar\u00e3es is set to leave Newcastle\u2019s pre-season training camp in southern Spain and fly to London before a \u00a375m move to Arsenal. The out-going Newcastle captain is scheduled to undergo a medical in north London in the next couple of days after the two clubs finally compromised on the fee.<\/p>\n
While Arsenal had initially wanted to pay no more than \u00a360m for the Brazil midfielder, who turns 29 in November and has two years remaining on his contract, Newcastle demanded a minimum of \u00a380m.<\/p>\n
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Having sold Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali to Barcelona and Tottenham respectively earlier this summer, Newcastle had no need to sell Guimar\u00e3es and would have preferred to keep a key player who was integral to their 2025 League Cup triumph.<\/p>\n
Since the Brazilian\u2019s arrival from Lyon in January 2022, Newcastle have struggled to win games without Guimar\u00e3es on the pitch. In his 153 League appearances he scored 30 goals, contributed 26 assists and, as Eddie Howe\u2019s former team twice qualified for the Champions League, became an enduring crowd favourite. The loss of Guimar\u00e3es is likely to hit Newcastle fans appreciably harder than even Alexander Isak\u2019s defection to Liverpool last year.<\/p>\n
Guimar\u00e3es though was determined to join Arsenal even before Howe stepped down as manager last week. He flew to La Manga to meet the club\u2019s in-coming manager, Matthias Jaissle on Monday but is understood to have told Jaissle he wanted out and could not be persuaded otherwise. The parting is believed to have been cordial and in marked contrast to Isak\u2019s acrimonious exit last summer.<\/p>\n
Lyon will receive a windfall in the region of \u00a37m due to a sell on clause that stipulates they are entitled to 20% of any profit Newcastle make on the sale of Guimar\u00e3es.<\/p>\n