{"id":789830,"date":"2026-07-09T19:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789830\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:37:17","slug":"newcastle-agree-51-5m-johan-manzambi-deal-and-insist-bruno-guimaraes-not-for-sale-newcastle-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789830\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle agree \u00a351.5m Johan Manzambi deal and insist Bruno Guimar\u00e3es not for sale | Newcastle United"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle have agreed a \u00a351.5m deal with Freiburg<\/a> that should mean the versatile Switzerland midfielder Johan Manzambi swaps the Bundesliga for the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old, who has shone during this summer\u2019s World Cup, is expected to sign a long-term \u00adcontract at St James\u2019 Park but the transfer will not be finalised while Switzerland remain in the tournament. Manzambi, who has been widely coveted this summer, is struggling with a minor knee injury and Murat Yakin, Switzerland\u2019s head coach, is unsure as to whether he will recover in time for the quarter-final against Argentina on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Johan Manzambi<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle, meanwhile, remain insistent they have no intention of selling Bruno Guimar\u00e3es to Arsenal but are aware the Brazil midfielder has become unsettled on Tyneside<\/a> following the recent departures of Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon to Tottenham and Barcelona respectively.<\/p>\n

It is possible the offer of a new contract could change that narrative but should Arsenal<\/a> \u2013 who have yet to make a formal offer for Guimar\u00e3es \u2013 bid in the region of \u00a375m, Newcastle will have a decision to make. Much depends on how hard the 28-year-old, who could see his wages almost double in north London, pushes to leave.<\/p>\n

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Quick GuideMeslier joins ArsenalShow<\/p>\n

Arsenal have signed Illan Meslier on a free transfer \u2060following the goalkeeper’s departure from Leeds. The 26-year-old Frenchman joins \u2060after seven seasons \u2060at Elland Road, where he made 215 appearances in all competitions and kept 70 clean sheets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy \u2060and very proud to join Arsenal. I cannot wait to show the love that I\u2019ve got for this \u2060badge, and I cannot wait to win trophies with this team, because this is a club \u200cthat needs to lift \u200ctrophies again and again,\u201d Meslier said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to start with the keepers, to show my levels, to continue to develop my skills, my ability. And then obviously to gain some game time, because this is what I missed last year.\u201c<\/p>\n

Meslier began his career at hometown club Lorient, graduating through the academy before making his senior debut in 2018 at the age of 18. After making 28 league appearances during the 2018-19 season, he joined Leeds on loan in August 2019.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0helped Leeds secure promotion to the Premier League in his first season in England and later made the move permanent. He went on to make 107 Premier \u200cLeague appearances for the Yorkshire club.<\/p>\n

Meslier will wear the number 30 shirt and\u00a0faces stiff competition from first-choice \u200cgoalkeeper, David Raya, who won the Premier League Golden Glove in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Brentford have signed Callum Wilson on \u2060a one-year contract following his departure from West Ham.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is unbelievable quality in the dressing \u2060room, and I\u2019ve met people today who are all very welcoming,” said the striker. ”\u00a0You do get that family feel here so, like I \u200csay, I\u2019m \u200clooking forward to getting started.”<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old joins after scoring seven goals and providing one assist in 35 appearances across all competitions last season, although only 12 \u200cof those came as starts.\u00a0At international level, Wilson\u00a0earned nine caps for England,\u00a0scoring\u00a0twice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Newcastle have also completed the \u00a323m signing of the 18-year-old midfielder Sean Steur from Ajax on a five-year contract. Steur has been widely hyped as the Amsterdam club\u2019s brightest emerging midfield talent since Frenkie de Jong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle have agreed a \u00a351.5m deal with Freiburg that should mean the versatile Switzerland midfielder Johan Manzambi swaps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-789830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}