Arsenal sign Guimaraes from Newcastle for £75m
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- Arsenal signed Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United for £75m on a four-year deal with the option of an additional 12 months.
- Guimaraes left Newcastle's training camp in La Manga, Spain earlier this week to finalize the move after a breakthrough in talks, having made clear he wanted to join Arsenal earlier this summer.
- Guimaraes said he received messages from future teammates including countryman Gabriel and Declan Rice, with Rice joking: "come here and please no more fights, now we're friends."
- Guimaraes joined Newcastle in January 2022 while they were in relegation trouble and became the first captain in seven decades to lift a major domestic trophy for the club after the 2025 Carabao Cup final win over Liverpool.
- Newcastle qualified for the Champions League in 2023 and 2025 but slipped to 12th in the Premier League last season, with the club saying they wished Guimaraes and his family well.
Why it matters: Arsenal add a proven Premier League midfielder and former Newcastle captain for £75m, strengthening a squad that just won the league while Newcastle lose their on-field leader after dropping to 12th — a swap that reflects each club's sharply diverging trajectories and leaves the Magpies with both a trophy-room gap and a recruitment void to fill.
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