Newcastle United & Lyon agree on Guimarães – spending rises to £85m

Medical check in Brazil

After Olympique Lyon still denied an agreement with Newcastle United in the transfer poker around Bruno Guimarães (24) by official club announcement on Wednesday, the clubs have now probably found together. The transfer of the Brazilian to England is imminent. The signature is apparently already on paper on Saturday.

The newspaper “TheTimes“ and “Sky Sports” recently found the right numbers for a change after another round of negotiations. These are therefore: around 40 million euros transfer fee plus performance-related bonus payments for the Brazilian midfielder. Reporters reported on Saturday Fabrizio Romano, the paperwork is being signed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Half of the two-part medical check was scheduled for Friday and the other half was planned for Sunday. Romano named EUR 8 million as a possible bonus payment for the EUR 40 million basic fee.

Note: This article first appeared on Transfermarkt on 01/28/2022 at 07:49 and has now been updated with further information.

Lyon bought the “six” in January 2020 for 20 million euros from Club Athletico Paranaense as a replacement for Lucas Tousart (24), who then moved to Hertha BSC for 25 million euros. OL wants to reinvest part of the fee in the signing of Romain Faivre (23), who is one of the best players in Ligue 1 at Stade Brest 29, but dreams of a move to his hometown Paris.

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The Magpies’ transfer spending would rise to €85m with new signings Chris Wood (30), Kieran Trippier (31) and Guimarães in the winter and the relegation-threatened club, which is 80 per cent owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund is not finished yet.

According to reports, they are still working on a transfer from Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard (29) and Jeremiah St. Juste (25) from FSV Mainz is said to be on coach Eddie Howe’s list. St. Juste would be the cheaper alternative to central defender Diego Carlos (28), who, according to sports director Monchi, FC Sevilla did not want to give up despite a “respectable” offer of almost 36 million euros.

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According to the Times, the Lingard issue is in the next round of negotiations with the Red Devils – the first failed due to a bonus payment of EUR 14.5 million. Man United is said to have demanded this sum in the event of relegation in order to let Lingard go in the winter.

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