Brazilian footballer Bruno Guimaraes’s transfer truth revealed, £100 million pricing made, the deadline for Newcastle’s Financial Fair Play (FFP), and the stance of Manchester City the midfielder target this summer

There was a short frenzy of excitement on social media on Wednesday night when it was said that Manchester City had made an offer for Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.

Actually, the reports from people who said they were “in the know” weren’t quite right. There is still time for any team that wants to sign Guimaraes to use a lucrative release clause in his contract. However, Newcastle may have to sell players before the end of the month to meet Financial Fair Play requirements.

This summer, Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva’s futures as City midfielders are uncertain. This makes it even more important to sign a new creative midfielder to protect the middle of the field for the future.

A summer move for Newcastle’s Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes has been linked with Manchester City.

Guimarares, who is 26 years old, would cost a lot if he is the goal. He looks a lot like a Pep Guardiola midfielder. His £100 million release option in his contract can be used until June 24. This is why there have been rumors of a City bid at this point in the summer.

City has a past of using players’ release clauses to avoid long bidding wars or expensive negotiations. It remains to be seen if they think Guimaraes is worth nine figures. Newcastle will then decide how much he is worth. That could save around £100 million, or it could save even more. Without a release clause, they would be less likely to sell and have more power.

The deadline for clubs to turn in their Profit and Sustainability Rules reports on June 20 could also be a factor. These rules are part of the larger Financial Fair Play rules. It is said that Newcastle is one of the teams that might have to sell in the second half of the month to stay within the PSR limits. Last year, both Everton and Nottingham Forest lost points for going over those limits.

In March, Pep Guardiola gave Guimaraes good reviews, which suggested that he sees the defender more as a holding player than anything else. “He’s a great holding midfielder.” “He’s mean whether he has the ball or not,” he said. “He is aggressive at set pieces and has been a real holding midfielder since he played for Lyon. He is now at a club that wants to keep getting better.” He will probably be working on the Newcastle project for a few more years. For sure.”

Guimaraes is currently with Brazil for the Copa America, which could make any deal more difficult if it needs to be done quickly before the end of the month.

Newcastle wants to keep Guimaraes, though. At the end of the season, Magpies manager Eddie Howe said, “We want to build our team around him.” He’s very important to what we’re doing. Things have been going really well for him. He seems to be very content and at ease here. He’s an important part of where we want to take the team. But we can’t change that, so we’ll see ”

Guimaraes said about his future in April, “I don’t want to look too far ahead.” We should think about it game by game, in my opinion. So let’s see what we can do in the last few games of the season. Let’s see how we can do to get to Europe, which is what we want.