{"id":659612,"date":"2026-06-26T16:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659612\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:26:21","slug":"arsenal-transfer-news-club-exploring-moves-for-newcastles-bruno-guimaraes-and-sandro-tonali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659612\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal transfer news: Club exploring moves for Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> have held exploratory talks over potential moves for Newcastle<\/a> pair Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali.<\/p>\n

The Gunners want to add a new central midfielder to their squad this summer and are assessing numerous options, with Guimaraes and Tonali among the players the club have actively explored.<\/p>\n

As things stand, it is understood Arsenal<\/a> only want one leading central midfielder, and Bournemouth<\/a>‘s Alex Scott and Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi are other options being considered.<\/p>\n

Discussions with Guimaraes’ camp have taken place to discover the conditions of a potential deal for the 28-year-old, while there have been similar talks with Tonali’s representatives.<\/p>\n

It is understood Newcastle<\/a> have not yet had an approach from Arsenal<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The club has already turned down a bid of around \u00a380m from Tottenham Hotspur for Tonali <\/a>and do not want to lose Guimaraes, the team’s captain and talisman.<\/p>\n

Guimaraes, who has two years left on his contract, has been focused on his efforts with Brazil at the World Cup, where his side will face Japan in the last 32.<\/p>\n

As BBC Sport previously reported<\/a>, Newcastle<\/a> are in a strong position to command a greater fee closer to \u00a3100m for Tonali as Manchester City<\/a> also monitor developments.<\/p>\n

The Italian international is effectively contracted until 2030 after he signed a new contract during his 10-month betting ban to repay the faith the club showed in him.<\/p>\n

The current transfer market might also work in Newcastle<\/a>‘s favour, if a bidding war ensues, given the valuations of midfielders elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Manchester City have agreed a deal<\/a> with Nottingham Forest<\/a> to sign England’s Elliot Anderson for a club record \u00a3116m, while West Ham<\/a> want up to \u00a380m for Mateus Fernandes, 21.<\/p>\n

With Guimaraes turning 29 in November and Tonali having turned 26 in May, the age of both players is likely to emerge as a key factor in how much Arsenal<\/a> would be willing to pay.<\/p>\n

But sources have indicated the Gunners have also expressed a firm interest in 22-year-old Scott, who currently has interest from Manchester United<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The merits of swoops for Morocco international Bouaddi and West Ham<\/a>‘s Fernandes, who is also a key target for Tottenham<\/a>, have also been assessed internally.<\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> sporting director Andrea Berta is renowned for working on numerous deals simultaneously before making a final decision on which one to execute.<\/p>\n

The arrival of another central midfielder will lead to the sale of a current player in the same position, with Denmark’s Christian Norgaard, 32, someone the club will listen to offers for.<\/p>\n

It could also bring into question Martin Zubimendi’s role as a regular starter in Mikel Arteta’s starting XI next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have held exploratory talks over potential moves for Newcastle pair Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali. The Gunners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}