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Harry Savill

Bruno Guimaraes made Newcastle United and their Saudi project feel human. What once was love becomes yet another casualty of the business of football

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 16: Bruno Guimaraes of Newcastle United F.C. celebrates after wining the Carabao Cup Final between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium on March 16, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images).

When Bruno arrived on Tyneside in January 2022, four months into the Saudi project, there was a quiet sense that Newcastle had acquired something more than a midfielder.

Before the project had hardened into process, before the future of the club could be rendered as a consultant’s slide deck in Riyadh – strategic pillars, global tours, and upward arrows pointing to 2030 – Bruno made it feel tangible.

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