Incoming Newcastle United manager Matthias Jaissle is tipped to hold talks with Bruno Guimarães from the club’s training camp next week, suggesting the Magpies still have some hope he can be dissuaded from pushing through a transfer to Arsenal.
The Gunners are believed to have had two offers for Guimarães rejected already but are prepared to pay as much as $107.5 million (£80 million) after initially low balling. This week, Arsenal have been described as “increasingly confident” that a deal will be reached, with the player’s desire to trade England’s north-east coast for London a poorly kept secret.
