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Arsenal Likely Drop £100m Guimaraes Chase After Rebuff.

7/14/2026

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Arsenal Halt Pursuit

Arsenal may abandon their pursuit of Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes after learning the fee could approach £100 million.
Newcastle have rejected Arsenal’s £55 million and £65 million offers, insisting they will not sell the midfielder for less than roughly £100 million and are preparing a bid of about £80 million.
Guimaraes has told Newcastle he wants to join Arsenal, has agreed personal terms, and remains under contract until at least 2028.

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Arsenal Managing Fitness

Dick Guimaraes posted an Instagram message urging his son Bruno Guimaraes to be courageous after Brazil’s World Cup exit.
Newcastle World translated the caption, which cited Bruno Guimaraes’s missed penalty against Norway that eliminated Brazil in the round of 16.
Arsenal said Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba are managing fitness concerns, each following an individualized rehabilitation programme that could cause them to miss early pre-season fixtures.

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Historical Context

In 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United for Real Madrid in a world-record £80 million deal negotiated by Sir Alex Ferguson and approved by Florentino Pérez. That transfer continued a line that began with Willie Groves’ £100 move in 1893 and raised fee expectations. Arsenal’s £100 million pursuit of Newcastle captain Bruno Guimarães shows clubs now routinely chase such inflated prices.

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Arsenal Halt Pursuit

Arsenal may abandon their pursuit of Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes after learning the fee could approach £100 million.
Newcastle have rejected Arsenal’s £55 million and £65 million offers, insisting they will not sell the midfielder for less than roughly £100 million and are preparing a bid of about £80 million.
Guimaraes has told Newcastle he wants to join Arsenal, has agreed personal terms, and remains under contract until at least 2028.

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