{"id":848384,"date":"2026-08-06T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848384\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:42:09","slug":"bruno-guimaraes-jaissle-not-part-of-newcastle-captains-arsenal-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848384\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Guimaraes: Jaissle not part of Newcastle captain’s Arsenal decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle United<\/a> manager Matthias Jaissle says a decision about Bruno Guimaraes’ future had already been taken by the time he first met the club’s departing captain.<\/p>\n

Arsenal are set to complete their protracted \u00a375m move<\/a> for the midfielder after a breakthrough in discussions.<\/p>\n

Jaissle briefly spoke to Guimaraes at the club’s training camp in Spain earlier this week, but the 28-year-old went on to bid an emotional farewell to his team-mates and club staff.<\/p>\n

“I met him quickly, but the decision was already made,” Jaissle said in his first meeting with reporters following his appointment as head coach.<\/p>\n

“It was a nice conversation. He’s a fantastic player and a great human being. It’s tough but for him now it’s the next challenge and we need to deal with it at a later stage. <\/p>\n

“We trust the players who are here already, but we will also see some changes.”<\/p>\n

Guimaraes is set to become the fourth key player to leave Newcastle<\/a> in less than a year.<\/p>\n

Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali moved to Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> respectively earlier in the window while Alexander Isak joined Liverpool<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n

Club legend Alan Shearer has sent Jaissle his “very best wishes”, but previously warned it could be a “tough season” with some “very challenging times ahead” in a column for BBC Sport.<\/p>\n

Jaissle, though, sees the club’s rebuild as an opportunity to start a new cycle and mould a young, hungry side after succeeding predecessor Eddie Howe.<\/p>\n

“This is a challenge and there are so many transitions at the moment,” he said. “Many big players left – legends of the club – but we need to see it as a chance.<\/p>\n

“Not having too many excuses now, just thinking forward about what we can influence. <\/p>\n

“Control the controllables, I used to say, and I’m sure there will be progress this season.”<\/p>\n

Jaissle has been focused on coaching the players currently at his disposal on the training pitches, but Newcastle<\/a> are working on further additions before the start of the season.<\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> have shifted policy this summer, targeting younger players on the Continent, with Lukas Hornicek the club’s oldest arrival by a reasonable distance at 24 years of age.<\/p>\n

The club have spent around \u00a3146m to date on goalkeepers Hornicek and Ewen Jaouen, midfielders Aladji Bamba and Sean Steur and winger Bazoumana Toure.<\/p>\n

The quintet, like Jaissle, have never experienced life in the Premier League before.<\/p>\n

However, following trophy-laden spells in Saudi Arabia and Austria with Al-Ahli and RB Salzburg, the 38-year-old is relishing the challenge ahead.<\/p>\n

“This is something I don’t have on my CV, but that’s normal in football,” he said.<\/p>\n

“At one point it has to be your first step and I’m now at that moment after being successful in Saudi Arabia and Austria. <\/p>\n

“Everyone was dreaming about being a part of the Premier League and now here we are.”<\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> start the new campaign against Liverpool<\/a> at St James’ Park on 23 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United manager Matthias Jaissle says a decision about Bruno Guimaraes’ future had already been taken by the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-848384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}