Bruno Guimaraes released a statement on Instagram after not turning up to St James' Park to watch Newcastle's match against Sunderland
Bruno Guimaraes celebrates his team's fourth goal, scored by teammate Harvey Barnes during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Leeds United at St James' Park.
Bruno Guimaraes has revealed that he has been diagnosed with mumps.
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Bruno Guimaraes has explained that he missed the Tyne-Wear derby between and after being diagnosed with mumps.
The Brazilian missed the game through injury, but was not spotted in attendance at St James' Park as the Magpies fell to a 2-1 loss. He has now explained that he is instead in isolation, with the midfielder explaining a scary situation on the way back from Barcelona last week.
Posting on his stories, he wrote: "The only reason I'm not at the stadium in Newcastle is that after our flight back from , I noticed my face was swollen and thought I was having an allergic reaction.
"But the next day when I woke up, I realized it was much more than that. I sent a photo to the doctor and he came to examine me.
"It was confirmed that I have mumps, and I need to remain in isolation for 5 days and stay away from physical activities for a bit longer. My focus now is to recover and be 100% as soon as possible."
Things started well for Newcastle in the derby, with Anthony Gordon capitalising on a mistake in the Sunderland backline to put his side 1-0 up after just 10 minutes. However, second-half goals from Chemsdine Talbi and Brian Brobbey turned the game around and condemned Eddie Howe's side to a 2-1 loss.
Guimaraes has missed the last five games after suffering a hamstring injury back in February. He was, however, on course to step up his recovery with the Brazil squad over the international break with an eye on making his comeback against .
If his diagnosis will now impact that plan is still to be seen. It may be dependent on how long he has to be in isolation for.
The 28-year-old has recently been linked with a move to in the upcoming summer transfer window, but they have been brushed off by Howe.
"I don't even know how to respond to that, I don't even think I should because it's a waste of my energy," he said.
"I’m not going to be impolite because I don’t think it’s the forum to do that in. For me it’s a nonsense story.
"Bruno’s our captain, he’s fully committed. He’s injured at the moment, his only focus is coming back to fitness. For me, it is not the time to think about it.
"In the summer, you can understand those stories a little bit more because the transfer window is open. To say our captain is in discussions with another club is totally disrespectful to Bruno more than anything else. He's totally committed here."