Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta's Bruno Guimaraes boost as Newcastle prepared to make £34m 'challenge' this summer

Newcastle United are prepared to situation Leeds United for Inter Milan midfielder Petar Sucic amid Arsenal's involvement in Bruno Guimaraes, the latest study has claimed.

The Gunners were backmost successful pre-season enactment connected Saturday, beating Girona 4-1 despite naming a importantly weaker squad than usual.

Mikel Arteta lone started 1 earthy midfielder successful Myles Lewis-Skelly successful his lineup, with Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi inactive not with the squad aft their World Cup exploits.

The Londoners person consistently been linked with midfield reinforcements this transportation window, and reports suggest that a woody for Newcastle United prima Bruno Guimaraes is advancing.

Corriere dello Sport has claimed that Newcastle are prepared to connection between €35m and €40m (£30m and £34m) for Inter Milan midfielder Petar Sucic, who could beryllium seen arsenic a replacement for Guimaraes.

Bruno Guimaraes to Arsenal: What makes Newcastle midfielder truthful good?

Arsenal were immense from a antiaircraft position past play successful the Premier League, but they were astatine times excessively rigid, thing that was evident against Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League last successful May.

Any caller signing successful the mediate of the transportation indispensable beryllium defensively resilient, and though Guimaraes is fantabulous without the ball, helium is besides considerably much adept successful possession than the likes of Declan Rice.

The Newcastle prima is comfy playing arsenic a fig six oregon arsenic a fig eight, and his quality to play ranged passes to the guardant enactment could assistance Arsenal alteration stale possession into unsafe attacks.

Guimaraes is acold much progressive than players specified arsenic Martin Zubimendi, and helium would apt marque the Gunners a overmuch much threatening squad from unfastened play.

Mikel Arteta's midfield assessed: Best successful the Premier League?

Should Guimaraes marque the power to the Emirates, helium would arguably springiness Arteta the champion midfield radical successful the full division.

The Gunners brag would person the Brazilian, Rice, Zubimendi and Lewis-Skelly to take from arsenic first-team options successful the mediate of the pitch.

All of those 4 players person antithetic abilities, ranging from progression, control, antiaircraft sum and method quality, and Arteta would beryllium capable to tract a beardown and balanced treble pivot against astir immoderate opponent.