Currently in Quito with his national team (the Seleçao will face Ecuador this Thursday at 10 p.m.), Bruno Guimaraes has informed his agents that he agrees to leave for Newcastle, where he could quadruple his Lyon salary (220,000 euros monthly ), provided that OL find an agreement with the Magpies.
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The latter sent this Tuesday an offer of € 40 million to the Lyon leaders to buy the Brazilian midfielder, as revealed by the L’Équipe site, but it has not yet been accepted. OL communicated to this effect on Wednesday afternoon, contesting a supposed agreement reported by several press titles in Europe. Indeed, the terms of payment (Newcastle wishes to spread the transfer over 5 years) do not suit the Rhone club, which is still negotiating.
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Newcastle holds the rope, Arsenal and Juventus on the lookout
OL’s official desire is moreover to keep their 24-year-old player until the end of the season, before offering him an exit voucher in June, two years from the end of his contract. Arsenal and Juventus, long-time contenders to welcome him, could then take advantage of it. But the economic reality should influence this idea, and Newcastle is therefore clearly holding the rope to conclude the deal in the coming days.
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It will in any case not be before Friday, at least: it is on this day that the Seleçao lands in Brazil, in Belo Horizonte, where a possible medical examination could take place. Until then, negotiations will continue. It only remains to know which direction will take Bruno Guimaraes, on February 3, after Brazil-Paraguay and once the transfer window is over: Lyon, to return home, or Newcastle, for a new life.
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