Newcastle have accepted an offer of £75million from Arsenal for captain Bruno Guimaraes, according to widespread reports this morning.
The Brazil international has been agitating for a move to North London for some time and will now leave Newcastle’s pre-season training camp in La Manga to sign for the Gunners.
The deal had been dragging on for several weeks with Arsenal’s initial bid of under £60m rejected by Newcastle who maintained they did not want to sell the 28-year-old.
But the two sides remained at the negotiating table with Newcastle keen not to repeat the mistakes of last summer when they tried to retain striker Alexander Isak only to sell him late in the window to Liverpool and struggle to find suitable replacements.
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