Regardless of what was said by Le Progrès on Wednesday morning, who reported that Lyon had denied an agreement with Newcastle United for Bruno Guimarães, Foot Mercato firmly believe the Brazilian is on his way to Tyneside.
Relaying claims from England that a medical had already been booked for the player, the French website add their information, making it clear the Ligue 1 side ‘have started to look for a replacement’ for their star.
A key player for Peter Bosz at the Ligue 1 side, Guimarães is now expected to leave, as Foot Mercato state ‘an exit is more than ever on the agenda’.
This, they state, can be explained ‘by the financial figures’ from the offer formulated by Newcastle, which was said to stand at around €40m.
Lyon have ‘resigned themselves’ to losing their player, but the money expected to come in could now give them the funds needed to pull off a nice deal, or maybe even two, before the end of the transfer window.
