Last night, Fabrizio Romano released an exclusive claiming Bruno Guimaraes’ £100m release clause will be active from the last week of May to the start of the final week of June.
As expected, Eddie Howe has been quizzed on the matter during today’s press conference, where he’s confirmed the one-month window for clubs to sign the Brazilian for a set fee.
However, the Newcastle boss has praised our planning and the structure of his buyout clause, feeling it’s vital there is an early ‘finish point’ to avoid ‘constant speculation’ on his future all summer, feeling that wouldn’t be healthy for the club or Bruno himself.
“We’re not in control”
Eddie Howe says he’s aware of Bruno Guimaraes’ £100m release clause, which expires on June 30th ⚫⚪ pic.twitter.com/wqRFdlyVdN
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) April 26, 2024
Asked about the June deadline, Howe said: “I’m aware of his contractual status. Having that was well planned and structured by the club, in a sense there is a finish point. We don’t want the constant speculation, I don’t think that’s healthy for the player or for us.
“It’s something we don’t have control over so I don’t tend to worry about it. It goes without saying we want to keep him, I want to build our team around him. His form has been very good — he seems very happy and settled. He’ll be thinking about a very busy summer ahead, where hopefully we can take the team with him a big part of it. But we aren’t in control of that so let’s see.”
As the last line shows, Howe was unable to make any guarantees on Bruno’s future, but it is a smart move from the club. Not only would it give us the bulk of the summer window to replace the 26-year-old (hopefully it doesn’t come to that) and spend the money received, the cut-off point falls just before the 30th June deadline for PSR, meaning any £100m fee received by then would put us in an extremely healthy position for the financial year.
After that,…
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-04-26 10:15:47
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