Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes celebrates after teammate Alexander Isak scores the team’s third goal during the Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Bruno Guimaraes has become Newcastle United’s talisman, but Premier League profit and sustainability rules mean the Magpies will have to sell a big player at some point soon.
The captain is one such player who could win Newcastle some money in the transfer window, with another club heavyweight could be sacrificedand while Eddie Howe and the Saudi Public Investment Fund might hate to lose either player, they may be forced to accept, as they did with Yankuba Minteh, that one or the other will have to move.
How this might affect them Premier League and European aspirations both this season and beyond will only be seen if and when Guimaraes, for example, is transferred, with Man City known to be interested in the player.
Bruno Guimaraes cannot be sold in January, says Collymore
Stan Collymore says allowing Guimaraes to continue in January is not the way to go, but the pundit has not ruled out a switch entirely.
“I think Newcastle would be crazy to sell Bruno Guimaraes in January,” he told CaughtOffside of his exclusive column.
“If the rumors of Man City’s interest are correct, then at the end of the season, when City will have a technical and tactical review and look at where they are at, it might be a more sensible time for the Magpies to consider cashing them in. .
“He may be a player that City believe can freshen things up, but certainly not in January.”
Collymore also reflected on whether Eddie Howe remains the right man to continue leading the club into a new era.
The Magpies were initially on the rise under his tutelage but, thanks to PSR as much as anything else, their growth has slowed somewhat.
Perhaps a bigger name is needed to bring the expected success that the Toon army and everyone else connected with the club clearly desire.
Eddie Howe on loan at Newcastle
“As for Eddie Howe, I think if they finish out of the Europa League places again, that would probably spell the end for him at Newcastle United,” Collymore added.
“I’ve always said he’s under pressure, even if, when Newcastle made this incredible run to escape relegation and then get into Europe, the PIF said: ‘No, no, we support him. He’s the best thing since sliced bread, yada yada yada.”
“The PIF has the money and the influence to be able to get someone in world football and if Howe can’t take the club forward, I absolutely believe that before Jose Mourinho retires, he will be managing Newcastle United.
“That is because the Saudis will want some success early and because of Mourinho’s relationship with Sir Bobby Robson.
“He always said he had unfinished business and he wants to go there to crystallize Sir Bobby’s legacy.”
