Newcastle's sporting director Ross Wilson admits 'we didn't want to ‌sell Bruno'

[p]British media reported on Wednesday that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] had agreed a ‌deal worth £75 million ($100 million) for the 28-year-old. Neither ‌club has confirmed the reported transfer or responded to ‌requests from Reuters for comment.[/p][p][b]"We didn't want to ‌sell [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bruno-guimaraes/xtyKanzU/"]Bruno[/a]. It wasn't in the plan to sell Bruno. None of us - or ownership - wanted to sell Bruno," [/b]Wilson ‌told reporters at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a]'s pre-season training ⁠camp in Spain.[/p][p][b]"He's our ‌captain, he was very important to us, and the ​debate over his price - it's a world-record fee for a player of his age.[/b][/p][p]"What we ​had to weigh up was, very respectfully from Bruno with his behaviour towards us, very emotionally as ⁠well, effectively told ​us he wanted to leave and move on."[/p][embed guid="9f5a3e9d-128a-4942-aceb-12f9cb66a474" url="https://x.com/TeleFootball/status/2085711320469397758" social-type="twitter" /][p]Guimaraes, who joined Newcastle from French side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/2akflumR/"]Lyon[/a] in January 2022, has made 195 appearances in all competitions and ‌scored 31 goals for the Premier League club.[/p][p]He captained Newcastle to League Cup glory in 2025, ending the club's long wait for domestic silverware.[/p][p][b]"There's no part in saying (the transfer) was part of our strategy and was in our thinking this summer - it wasn't. But we have got to be flexible and react to things that happen,"[/b] Wilson said.[/p][p]"It might ‌have been in our plan to sign one player, ​but we didn't get him so we ‌move on to another. We can only be honest about that."[/p][p]Guimaraes' exit would be another setback for Newcastle following the departures of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tonali-sandro/fmQVO5TQ/"]Sandro Tonali[/a] and manager [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/howe-eddie/hbOpz9hE/"]Eddie Howe[/a].[/p][p]Newcastle [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=4xKntFxe"]begin their ⁠Premier League campaign[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]⁠Liverpool[/a] on August 23.[/p]