Newcastle United didn’t want to sell Bruno Guimarães to Arsenal. But one of the justifications offered by the Magpies after accepting an offer from the Premier League champions was the size of the offer—$101 million (£75 million)—relative to the player’s age.
Newcastle chief executive David Hopkinson said at the time the transfer was completed earlier this month that it wasn’t as much as the Magpies wanted for their captain. However, it was also more than Arsenal ideally wanted to pay for a 28-year-old who is already likely to be as good as he’ll ever be.
