The Magpies are getting tired of Arsenal's approach play amid their interest in Bruno Guimaraes
Bruno Guimaraes during a Brazil game at the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Bruno Guimaraes has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal this summer(Image: Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images)
Newcastle United sources have dismissed talk of the Magpies selling Bruno Guimaraes for a fee of £70m as a 'non-starter'.
ChronicleLive understands that Newcastle are growing tired of the so-called third parties trying to unsettle their club captain, with the situation now rumbling on for six weeks.
Well-placed sources on Tyneside say that Arsenal's chances of getting Bruno for close to £70m are a 'non-starter'.
The Magpies are on the brink of signing Aladji Bamba from Monaco, but it is not thought that he is a replacement for Bruno and Newcastle's stance on the Carabao Cup-winning skipper remains the same.
We have been told that Arsenal are STILL to contact Newcastle, let alone put a bid in for the South American amid talk from the capital that the Gunners are readying a £70m bid.
Bruno nor his agency have put in an official transfer request and he remains under contract for at least two more years with Newcastle, expecting the ex-Lyon star to report back for pre-season training in time for their boot camp in La Manga.
It is the next seven days where things could become tricky for the player and the club, though, if Bruno decides to go down the same path as Alexander Isak.
Just 12 months ago, Isak went on strike and refused to board a plane heading to the Far East for the club's tour of Singapore and South Korea.
Isak then infuriated Eddie Howe by going AWOL to work alone in Spain and never kicked a ball for the Magpies again, eventually forcing a move to Liverpool for £125m.
Given Newcastle are already irritated by Arsenal's approach on Bruno this summer, they are unlikely to buckle at £70m and if the Gunners decide to move on if they don't get him at what United deem a paltry offer, there will be no complaints on Tyneside.
If Bruno hands in a transfer request, which he hasn't so far, Newcastle would then take on the role of tough negotiators and would hold out for a fee closer to £100m rather than the initial fees bandied around by the Arsenal end as low as an initial £45m and £60m.
The ex-Lyon man has at least two years left on his current deal, and there is a suggestion that Newcastle could trigger an extra year on the midfielder.
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