Newcastle close to signing Bruno Guimarães from Lyon for £33.5m

Newcastle are close to signing Bruno Guimarães from Lyon after the defensive midfielder agreed to the move and the French club accepted a €40m (£33.5m) bid.

Subject to details involving agents and the clubs being finalised, Guimarães will take a medical when he returns to Brazil from Ecuador, where he is with his national team for Thursday’s World Cup qualifier.

Other clubs, including Arsenal and Juventus, had hoped to buy Guimarães at the end of the season but Newcastle have got in ahead of them. Guimarães joined Lyon in January 2020 from the Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense.

Sevilla remain adamant they will not sell the centre-back Diego Carlos to Newcastle, forcing the Premier League club to prioritise other targets. Jesse Lingard is prominent on Newcastle’s list to strengthen in forward areas but Manchester United have so far resisted attempts to take him on loan.

source: theguardian.com