Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes’ new hint on his future

Newcastle United fans will love what Bruno Guimaraes has had to say about Eddie Howe – and his future.

Bruno Guimaraes captained Newcastle United in their Carabao Cup final win.

As ever, there will be comings and goings at Newcastle United this summer.

The third-placed club, pushing for Champions League football, should be in a position to significantly strengthen the squad in the transfer market this summer after a series of low-spending windows necessitated by domestic and European financial fair play regulations.

Finally, the club, which did not sign a first-team player January, should be in a position to spend and strengthen.

Of course, Eddie Howe also wants to keep his best players.

“We want to keep our best players, and add to the squad if possible,” said United’s head coach last week.

There was a time when the club was not able to hold on to its best players for long, but times have changed.

There are very, very few clubs in European football with the resources to even consider making an offer for Alexander Isak, and the 26-goal striker, the subject of much speculation over the past season, is not for sale.

United fans have long been concerned about losing Bruno Guimaraes, who captained the club to a historic first domestic trophy win in 70 years in March.

Guimaraes – who followed the “world-class” Kieran Trippier to St James’ Park in January 2022 – has been the poster boy for the new Newcastle under Howe.

In my time reporting on the club, there have been countless players who have agitated for moves away from United.

The obvious one is Yohan Cabaye, who had pushed for a move to Arsenal in the summer of 2013. That episode, however, is a story for another day.

Thankfully, things are different now. The likes of Isak and Guimaraes feel that they can achieve things at the ambitious club.

Newcasstle United captain Bruno Guimaraes features in the latest issue of FourFourTwo.

And supporters will love what Guimaraes had to say about his future in the latest issue of FourFourTwo.

You will need to buy the magazine to read the full interview, but the 27-year-old, approaching his peak years, is clearly not looking to leave this summer.

Guimaraes – who is full of praise for Howe’s management – is “very much at home” at United, where he is contracted for another three seasons.

Incidentally, the magazine lists what it believes are this season’s 50 best Premier League players this season in this issue.

Not surprisingly, Newcastle are well represented in the list, which includes Isak, Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton and Anthony Gordon.

Unfortunately, United fans are unlikely to see Joelinton again this season due to a knee injury.

“The likelihood is it’ll be difficult I think, but with Joe you’ll never rule him out,” said Howe today ahead of Sunday’s game away to Brighton and Hove Albion.

Elliot Anderson’s right move

Another player very familiar to Newcastle United fans makes FourFourTwo’s list.

Elliot Anderson – who joined Nottingham Forest from the club last summer before the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) accounting deadline – has been a revelation at the City Ground.

The move was hard to take on Tyneside given Anderson’s talent and potential, but, arguably, it was what Anderson had needed.

Elliot Anderson has starred for Nottingham Forest this season.

Anderson, 22, has been starting week in, week out, which was what he needed at this stage of his career, something I wrote about in October.

“The move was right for Anderson for football reasons as he needed to play more. Sometimes, homegrown players need to leave their club to make the step to the next level.

“It was also right for Newcastle for financial reasons as the club tried to stay within their spending limits, as wrong as the PSR rules may be in their current form.

“But, clearly, it was also very wrong for United in pure footballing terms. The sizeable accounting profit also translated into a big loss to the club outside the balance sheet.”

I interviewed Anderson, a player I had reported on as he came up through the ranks at St James’ Park, for FourFourTwo, and it is clear that he has relished the extra responsibility he has been given at the City Ground.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have spent much of the season in the top four, and Newcastle’s loss has been Forest’s gain this season.