Landmark news for Newcastle United transfer saga as Man City stance on £100m clause revealed

Manchester City will only move for Bruno Guimaraes if Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva or Matheus Nunes leave this summer, according to reports.

Of the trio, long-serving stars De Bruyne and Silva are more likely to leave. The latter has been linked with moves away - namely to Barcelona - in several recent transfer windows. As for De Bruyne, he has openly flirted with the idea of joining the Saudi Pro League.

"At my age, you have to be open to everything," the Belgian told reporters when grilled about a switch to the Gulf state earlier this month. "You're talking about incredible amounts of money in what may be the end of my career. Sometimes you have to think about that.

If I play there for two years, I will be able to earn an incredible amount of money. Before that, I had to play football for 15 years. I may not even reach that amount yet. Then you have to think about what that could mean next. But at the moment I haven't had to think about that yet."

Former Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Matheus Nunes only arrived last summer and is understood to be staying put despite an underwhelming debut campaign. Should Man City sell up, ESPN claim they will move for Newcastle talisman Guimaraes.

They also report that City value the Brazilian lower than his £100million release clause - which expires on June 30. The Magpies can then demand any fee they want given Guimaraes penned a bumper five-year contract last October. 

Speaking earlier this month, the 26-year-old insisted he remains “happy” on Tyneside but was ambiguous about his future. Guimaraes said: “Look, my future, to be honest, is in God’s hands. I have a contract with Newcastle, I’m very happy, as I said, I know how much they like me, I know everything I’ve been doing for the club.

“In short, I have a contract, I’m happy. I don’t know what can happen, we know everything about Financial Fair Play, but what I can say is that I feel happy.”