Newcastle fans want Bruno Guimaraes to make his first start in a black-and-white shirt against Southampton tonight. The Magpies’ £40million midfielder is yet to feature in the starting line-up since his January move, with Eddie Howe patiently introducing the Brazilian to the rigours of English football.
Just 39 minutes of Premier League football has supporters clamouring for more and a congested fixture list offers Newcastle the perfect chance to blood their new man into the team. An in-form Magpies side are unchanged in their last three outings. However, four tricky away fixtures against Southampton, Chelsea, Everton and Spurs means Howe will likely freshen things up to maintain the seven-point cushion between themselves and the bottom three.
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