Arsenal learn whether signing Newcastle duo Isak and Guimaraes would be possible

Jacque Talbot

Updated: 2 May 2024 15:36 BST
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Alexander Isak, Bruno Guimaraes, Arsenal — © IMAGO

Arsenal cannot just rely on Profit and Sustainability rules forcing Newcastle’s hand in selling Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimaraes.

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The Gunners have been linked to the Magpies duo for the past couple of weeks and there is hope that the fact Eddie Howe’s side may need to sell could help their chances in landing the pair.

Guimaraes has a £100 million release clause active until June 30, at which point it will expire.

Meanwhile, Newcastle will do everything in their power to keep hold of Isak, who has 19 Premier League goals to his name this season.

Newcastle were inactive during the January transfer window and there are murmurs that they may be forced to sell star names so as not to fall foul of financial rules.

© IMAGO - Alexander Isak is one of Newcastle's biggest assets

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But financial expert Kieran Maguire told i Paper that there is no cause for concern for Newcastle and they will not be forced to move on some of their best talent.

“I think it is a buyer’s market before 30 June, there’s no doubt about that,” he said. “If you look at the positives for Newcastle, there’s much higher commercial revenue and there’s £25-30m coming in for the Champions League performances – even though they didn’t get as far as they’d have liked.

Maguire then said it would just be a matter of selling a couple of squad players.

“There’s also an improvement in commercial revenue since the Mike Ashley era so even if they sell a couple of squad players before 30 June they’ll be fine. Look at Everton, despite their financial worries they were actually only £16m over the limit for the second set of charges, £19m for the first. You don’t need to do an awful lot in the market to resolve that.

“Nobody likes the idea of being under pressure to sell a player but those in the football industry will know who is at greatest risk. Watch the market in those couple of weeks and you’ll see teams coming in and looking for liquidation prices.”