Eddie Howe has revealed that the "best thing" about signing Bruno Guimaraes was how quickly he and his coaching staff warmed to his personality.
The Newcastle United head coach says that the speed of the transfer meant that he could not do all of the research on the midfielder he would have liked. But insists he was never in doubt about the quality of the World Cup-bound Brazil international.
Howe said: "I watched him a lot and really liked him as a player. Then of course the difficult thing with him playing in France was to get to know him before we signed him.
