Former Magpies' midfielder Kieron Dyer believes Bruno Guimaraes would walk into Sir Bobby Robson's Newcastle United side that played Champions League football 20 years ago. The Brazilian would have been just five-years-old when the Toon last played Champions League football, in a memorable European campaign on Tyneside.
The Toon made history by qualifying for the second group stage of the tournament, despite losing all three of their opening games. Eddie Howe's Newcastle are on track to return to the main stage in Europe, after a two decade hiatus, with Guimaraes pulling the strings in midfield.
Newcastle's last appearance in the Champions League in full came back in the 2002/03 in a 2-0 defeat to Barcelona at St. James' Park, which ended any hopes of reaching the latter stages of the competition. A midfield consisting of Laurent Robert, Dyer, Gary Speed and Nobby Solano couldn't produce any magic for Alan Shearer or Craig Bellamy to feed off up front.
