Newcastle United transfers: Arsenal are set to formalise the transfer of Bruno Guimaraes this week.

Newcastle United are set to agree a deal with Arsenal to sell captain Bruno Guimaraes.

It comes after Guimaraes requested to leave Newcastle after four-and-a-half years. The Brazilian joined up with the Magpies squad at La Manga in Spain on Monday after an initial bid from Arsenal was rejected.

As reported by The Gazette, Arsenal remain at the table and will push to strike a deal this week with terms on the players side already verbally agreed. It has now been claimed that the clubs are close to reaching a ‘total agreement’ over a transfer fee for Guimaraes.

David Ornstein of The Athletic has reported that a deal is close to completion and Guimaraes is awaiting permission to leave Newcastle’s training camp and undergo a medical at Arsenal.

It will bring an end to a transfer saga that has dominated the summer so far. While Newcastle have maintained that they do not wish to sell Guimaraes, they are set to reluctantly accept a transfer having maximised their fee for the 28-year-old.

It marks another high-profile departure from Newcastle that started with Alexander Isak’s Premier League record £130million transfer to Liverpool at the end of last summer’s transfer window. Since then, Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali have also departed for significant fees.

A fee for Guimaraes has not been disclosed at this stage but is thought to be worth around £80million. It will see Newcastle’s transitional summer continue following the departure of head coach Eddie Howe and now the club captain’s imminent exit.

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