After reports emerged earlier that Newcastle had reached an agreement in principle for Lyon midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, there is news coming out of France that an improved offer has now been tabled.
This comes from L’Equipe, who was one of the outlets to suggest a deal was already close to being reached for €40m. They are now reporting that Newcastle have upped the stakes with an offer of €42m plus an additional €10m in bonuses.
So it’s hard to gauge exactly where Newcastle stand in this pursuit with so many countering claims. However, L’Equipe feels an offer of this size could be the one that seals the deal for the 24-year-old.
The original report claimed a deal was agreed for the size of the fee but not the structure of Newcastle’s payments. This could be a case of Newcastle wanting to keep the five-year payment plan in place and are raising the overall offer to placate the cash-strapped French club.
Guimaraes is currently in Ecuador as Brazil prepares for tonight’s World Cup qualifier. Newcastle have verbally agreed to quadruple the playmaker’s wages and can formally start that process once an agreement with Lyon is reached.
Hopefully, this latest offer and whatever structure it holds will be accepted with little resistance. There are less than five days remaining in this window and Newcastle need some breakthroughs which have been hard to come by this month.

111 comments so far
Adamn_92
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:13 PM
Comment #1Jane
First here instead then 🙂
dazzler
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:13 PM
Comment #2first
dazzler
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:13 PM
Comment #3Damn you Adam!!!!
onmeedsun
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:13 PM
Comment #4As Tyson says.
Tick tock, tick tock
The Prince's Mate
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:15 PM
Comment #5Why are we increasing the offer?
I thought he was booked in for a medical anyway tomorrow ?
JP...from The Rock
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:15 PM
Comment #6Zzz… just get it over the bloomin line already!
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:16 PM
Comment #7JP
This new offer should push the deal through and with personal terms already agreed it should move fast. He plays tonight for Brazil and then tomorrow I imagine he will head for a medical.
theartfuldodger
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:16 PM
Comment #8As of today looks like its Guimaraes and perhaps Burn.
Regan
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:17 PM
Comment #9Tyran21..
Don’t be upsetting wor b..
I’ll be needing me bins putting out shortly mate..
😀
Ketsbaia9
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:17 PM
Comment #10Still won’t sign him. We’ll end up with Phillip Billing and Dan Burn instead of Guimaraes and Carlos.
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:18 PM
Comment #11Howay Kets let’s be having a bit of positivity for a change lad 😉
Tyran21
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:19 PM
Comment #12Ketsbaia9
Hi Luke…..?
It's all under control
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:19 PM
Comment #13Rumour has it the offer has been adjusted to give them more cash up front instead on 5 equal payments.
They can’t afford to buy a replacement with 1/5th of whatever the fee is.
It's all under control
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:20 PM
Comment #14Dan Burn…please be an alternative parallel universe person of interest.
In my little universe he’s fcuking rubbish
Onwards and upwards
Sheikh rattle and bank-roll
Assassins Inc
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:22 PM
Comment #15Reports have come out that reporters are reporting reports that report on reported stories that other reporters have reported and reporters don’t know what they are reporting on with the reports they are reporting.
One reporter said. I love reporting on reports and reporting reports is my life and need to every day report on reported stories that need reporting.
Asked if reporting was true and accurate the reporter, reportedly disappeared in a reported puff of smoke.
Adamn_92
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:22 PM
Comment #16Mund
That’s until we get told later tonight that we’ve yet to agree personal terms, his medical is actually Sunday and Lyon haven’t accepted an offer yet obviously 😉
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:24 PM
Comment #17Miles Starforth
@milesstarforth
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4m
Newcastle are understood to have agreed terms on a new deal with 19-year-old midfielder Joe White, who has been attracting interest from a number of Premier League clubs ahead of the expiry of his contract. #nufc
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:25 PM
Comment #18Adam 😆
The trick is to read between the lines mate and shuffle the BS out the way 😉
It's all under control
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:25 PM
Comment #19Mund
In times gone by that would be considered a major signing!
Tyran21
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:26 PM
Comment #20I think we’ll get some concrete news Fri night or Sat morning.
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:26 PM
Comment #21Fabrizio Romano
@FabrizioRomano
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15m
Newcastle are still in talks with OL for Bruno Guimarães. Direct meeting again today about payment terms and bonuses to be discussed between clubs. Flag of Brazil #NUFC
It’s up to Newcastle to pay what OL want now, as Brazilian midfielder’s still keen on the move.
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:27 PM
Comment #22Sparky 😆
Most def…
Raj of Hailsley
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:28 PM
Comment #23”The trick is to read between the lines mate and shuffle the BS out the way 😉 ”
Praise Allah, the sooner you learn to do that Mund 😀
Essex Geordie Bill
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:28 PM
Comment #24Glad to see White getting a new deal!
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:28 PM
Comment #25Like clockwork 😆
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:29 PM
Comment #26Whichever defender we get, he will be another brick in the wall
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:29 PM
Comment #27We will with or without them
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:30 PM
Comment #28or possibly hanging on the telephone
Assassins Inc
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:30 PM
Comment #29Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up on Monday and read that we have signed a player that no one has linked us with that all of us say.
How the fcuk did we manage to get him.
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:30 PM
Comment #30EGB
Hopefully he comes on a lot in the next year and fights for a place.
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:30 PM
Comment #31But, if we can 2 out of 3 of them, that won’t be bad
Raj of Hailsley
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:31 PM
Comment #32Yen,
On the enigma that is a -1, nobody knows where they come from or when the next one might appear, they’re as rare as hens teeth. You should ask Munster Mag as so far he has about six of them 😀
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:32 PM
Comment #33What do you reckon. Are our buying team under pressure?
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:32 PM
Comment #34They may Flash the cash but they only have (slightly longer than) 24 hours to save the Toon
Tyran21
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:33 PM
Comment #35Neil Harrison
“This could be a case of Newcastle wanting to keep the five-year payment plan in place and are raising the overall offer to placate the cash-strapped French club.”
Sounds very very possible, part of the negotiation. It’s only right to increase the fees, if Newcastle wants to keep the original installment plan.
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:34 PM
Comment #36What is the name of that striker crossing the desert? Oh yes a striker with no name, USA international
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:35 PM
Comment #37OK, I admit it. Bored of transfer talk. Just interested who actually signs
Adamn_92
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:35 PM
Comment #38TDG
I wouldn’t say so. They’ve gone after quality players. Always going to be hard to convince players to join. Teams don’t want to sell or trying to sell for way over value. We won’t buy for the sake of it and won’t be taken for mugs over prices. I think the owners/buying team are being very sensible and done well so far.
Frustrating yes. But done things correctly in my view.
Mund
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:35 PM
Comment #39Daft lad full of compliments
The Dyslexic God
Jan 27, 2022 at 3:37 PM
Comment #40I might go for a quick curry but a tarot reader told me Instant Karma is going to get you