visiting this video 2 months later, Bruno has proven to be signing of the season for us. The quality he brings to the team is something we missed since the departure of Yohan Cabaye, and he is even better than Cabaye defensively. Simply unreal!
Came here to so exactly this. He is sublime. So calm on the ball. First goal for the club, a mental back heeler and that last minute flying header winner. He won the fans over before he’d even kicked a ball. Already a toon legend.
@@lancecougar his close control, vision, awareness. His creative passing and passing accuracy. The kids got everything. Opposing players find it difficult to dispossess him without fouling him. It's early days and he hasn't played much, but if this is his normal level he's one of the best midfielders we've ever had.
He bossed it for At. Paranaense here in Brazil before his Lyon move - they had their best season for years with him pulling strings at CM. Won a copa do brasil as well, 1st time in their history. All round great get for the geordies
@@ohgringo4336 I'm still pissed about fluminense selling Kayky to man City at such a tender age, hampering his development. And we have all seen how those transfers work out to be... 'Reinier' ahem 'Reinier' ahem.
@@rhinestonecowboy8185 If Kayky has the ability, he will get his time. I imagine if Pep stays, it'll be similar to Foden's progression. Endrick is supposed to be the next big thing in brazil. Only 15, scored a worldie bicycle kick other week
@@rhinestonecowboy8185 I think there’s an argument for premier league academy’s being genuinely good for development more so than some professional league’s. But I do agree with you
Coming back to this video after a few month, it's an absolute joy to watch him being a Newcastle fan. I didn't realise how good he actually is. Not just the passing and the 3 goals already but his overall game. I've found myself just watching what Bruno's doing during the match he's that good
JCP Newcastle United are and will be the next , Real Madrid.. PSG.. With a few Billion to spare.. Why the fuck would you not what a piece of that ??????
Eddie Howe made Joelinton into a brilliant midfield player and has improved Jonjo Shelvey too, he's worked well using a 433 with a deep playmaker, and Bruno is so perfect for Eddie's Brazilian Mags
A decade plus of Ashley's "No....no....no...no" to strengthening the side and sell by buys and the media telling the fans THEY are to blame for relegation battles every season (for turning up 50,000 every season) - having 9 players from your 2016 Championship team still in side is why - so when we get what other teams of a certain size take for granted, the media is STILL attacking (esp the false left rags like Guardian and Independent) we are jus balancing out on what we've been deprived of for a LOOONG time
I understand that Newcastle have now got an abundance of riches, but when Stoke signed Shaqiri and West Ham signed Felipe Anderson, plus many more ‘lesser teams’ signing big players, no one was saying that it was an issue for the Premier League. They’ve been taken over and are on the brink of relegation, of course they were going to spend big on transfer fees and wages. Does Bruno Guimaraes care about club status? Probably not, and neither do many players these days, people have to grow with the times, and if they do go down, he will leave, it’s not like battling relegation for 4 months will reduce his stock that drastically.
@@nikolas8203 still attracting a big name player, if Newcastle want to spend big they can, and we can’t judge Bruno yet as he hasn’t played, but he’s a class player
Bruno G, someone I've known of and watched for the better part of 18 months, can't believe as a Chelsea fan I'm sitting here and saying I'm jealous of a Newcastle signing... but here we are.
6 months ago we couldn't "afford" Hamza Choudhury's loan fee, now were signing players like Trippier and Guimares. Still cant believe this is happening 😍
He's coming to a fantastic team and city.He's been sold the project and no doubt be paid very well for it. If their was any doubt what the new owners would do to Newcastle, this has put those to bed. Newcastle will not get relegated,theirs plenty of games left in the season
It’s already happening. The fact that we’re asking the question “How on earth did Newcastle sign that player” when they’re the richest club in the world reminds me of Robinho. Soon we’ll be claiming newcastles riches are a minor convience to which ever manager manages to deliver an embarrassment of riches to the club. The narratives in football are coming to an end. Non-league is the future if you want to experience the highs and lows of football.
Signed him for my Ajax team way back in FM20. Took a lot of persuading but when he came completely transformed my midfield. Just a heads up though, might be a prick because he routinely wanted out for PSG
For Newcastle this a great signing if they can get it over the line but I can't help but feel skeptical about it. Like you said Guimares is a player who seems ready for top level European football so it's going to be interesting to see how he performs in a side that's way below the level he should be at.
If Newcastle stay up then he won't have long to wait until they are a brilliant team tbh. They will be spending a shit tonne in the summer. Over £250 Million I'd say.
Great point. I’m very curious to see how he does in a situation where he’s surrounded by players (especially in the midfield) that aren’t anywhere near his level ability wise. With the potential of relegation added with that theres gonna be a lot of pressure on him to succeed right away.
So far I’ve really liked how Newcastle have been approaching their transfers both the players they’ve signed and the ones they’ve tried to sign. I’m actually really looking forward to seeing them grow as a team
@@vacantjesus9411 i don’t mind it in this striker market it’s not a terrible price for a backup striker that’s proven he can produce in the prem and that is weakening a relegation rival. Also when you take into consideration that he wasn’t much more expensive than Rhian Brewster who is struggling in the championship he really wasn’t that expensive.
@@NicolasOvalleNick using Brewsters as a currency isn’t the best thing to do. He may turn out like a good signing but I think there are other strikers that would’ve been better. Idk who tho
Other major factor that was key to his moving to Newcastle, I think, is the world cup. Here in Brazil, as basically everywhere else, the attention to the premier league is way bigger than ligue 1. And with the spotlight, he has greater chances of going to the national team.
Come on, The Brazil squad been written all over him even before he joined Lyon. Captaining Brazil's oIympic squad and being the best player of the Olympic knockout tournament isn't for anyone. I remember he impressed french pundits during his very first game at Lyon barely within days of his arrival. His second game against Juventus and Ronaldo in particularly set many tongues wagging at that club... He's a GEM...⚽
Hello great video! I’m watching this on Sunday night 9th October 2022. Bruno has just scored 2 goals in a MOTM display. He’s an icon here in the north east we love him! We are 6th in the table after 9 games and your metrics for Bruno are spot on. He’s actually improving as well game by game and I think he is going to be a major player for us in the premier league and dare I say in European games to come in the future. Watching your video now shows how the data works. He has so many qualities. But honestly check out NUFC these days. No longer a one man team with maxi. We have Bruno, maxi , Wilson trippier Isak , and Eddie Howe has brought out the best in Joelinton, Scharr , Almiron and more. We don’t have a lot of depth yet , but our first 11 and 3 or 4 strong subs so getting there. Honrable mention to pope botman burn targett who give us solid foundation to work from. Happy times being a NUFC fan 😊. Fancy doing a new video from your perspective on how high we can finish this season? Murphy Fraser longstaff and Elliot not forgetting you guys either. Love our team spirit what a 12 months it’s been since takeover.
The Prem is a joke unless you spend 100mill like any other Prem team and have a sugar daddy you can't keep up with the other teams. That's why Burnley is so impressive but it's even caught up to them.
Cheers. We've been lucky that we've had standards and bought in certain players that fit our calibre. We sign players who we know would fight for the team rather having massive egos and ruining the squad atmosphere. Saying that, we are close to signing two beasts. The pacy Mislav Orsic from Croatian will be a massive bargain at only 7 mil. The other deal we're working on is a beast 6ft6 target man Wout Weghorst from Wolfsburg. 2nd Bundesliga top scorer since 2018 behind Lewandowski and is a big upgrade replacement for Chris Wood. We're also looking at improving our midfield. At the moment Aaron Ramsey on loan from Juventus is the biggest name linked to us atm. Dele Alli is another mentioned with an interest from the club.
The fact we're in for these players and some of them actually want to come (for money, project, whatever) is mind-blowing. CM some could argue is more important than CB. But I want at least one upgrade at CB. Lascelles and Clark aren't good enough to start. A LB and striker are needed too really.
I'm a brazilian fan of Athletico - PR, he's unbelievable good, he makes the player around him do better, he can catch a ball behind midfield under pressure and find the perfect pass for someone running, and he does these stuff fast enough for the other team be "wtf?"
Absolutely buzzing with this signing, we’ve been dying for someone who can progress the ball and link up the defence and midfield, now with Bruno and a target man in wood up top we have some more options getting up the pitch which I hope will really help out, I think we need another creative player in at left back as well as a CB to help us see out games, don’t need to be superstars I saw Dan Burn linked and would be more than happy with him!
Bruno scored a ridiculous back-heel-volley winner against Southampton on his debut start for NUFC and scored both goals -- including the first he's ever scored with his head -- as we beat Leicester on Easter Sunday. He's already matched his goal tally for Lyon... and he's only started 5 games! He's top of the team chart for pretty much every outfield stat. The boy is different gravy.
@@johndoe-ro7xi Arsenal are a dead club. Newcastle will be slapping them around for fun in 2 years time. Makes much more sense to go to Newcastle anyway.
He seems pretty good and certainly an improvement over our current CM's, especially as we're playing Joelinton there. Hopefully he can reduce the amount of defending we're having to do by winning the ball a bit higher up the pitch too. Either way, we still need improvement at centre back too.
@@carlp306 I agree, when he was playing striker he was awful, but now as he playing cm he is doing a much better job and giving a 100% effort every game
The fact that no clubs challenging for top 4, even tried challenging NUFC for him is pretty embarrassing. Especially Man Untd and Arsenal who clearly have big gaps in Midfield.
They’re offer is €52 euros now not to mention how much would need to be paid extra if he is still partly owned by a third party. Not to mention they’re quadrupling his wages. Other clubs would only match this if he was their no 1 target which obviously isn’t the case.
The scary thing is they are only getting started imagine what they will do once they get few more good players they will break the Bank to get the biggest names
Toon fan. Very excited by this. Hadn’t really heard of him before but it’s not everyday you sign Brazil’s CM. Also heard story about getting DCL from Everton today… I can now see Everton going down instead of us. Thanks Rafa 🙏
I rate this so much, watching all the rumours come and go all window has been frustrating at times but to be signing someone in their early/mid 20's who can really push us on and become a staple of the squad for the future is so exciting. Had similar feelings towards Botman thinking he is one to build the defence around so I hope for him in the summer! I think we still need a few players in the window, especially a CB and maybe a LB because we can' t stop conceding goals rn. Great bit of business though, huge few days ahead.
Really like this transfer and definitely sorts a problem we have in the squad, but we desperately need to fill that left centre back position. If Lascelles plays the whole season I think we’re down. I also think we need a left back and I’m worried that we don’t have enough goals in the squad but maybe Guimaraes will allow Fraser and ASM to stay in those forward positions a lot more and allow Wood to get into the box more often.
You guys are essentially done with the Diego Carlos signing you just need to pay the roughly 45mil fee which I think you will. I know he’s a right CB but I think just him and Trippier should be enough in the January window to save you from relegation
It's been months since you have uploaded this video and you were spot on with your comments. He is world class and he has changed our team beyond recognition.
Fantastic player, BUT…… One player doesn’t fix the issues in your midfield….. he is playing in a far weaker team than the one he just left. And he isn’t going to have the ball as often and also he had mobile strikers and not the lump Chris wood…. Also he isn’t going to improve your championship level defence
@@Nunohadadream That is true, but he already passed a test of elevating a bad team with Paranaense in Brazil. When he was younger and started playing the team was battling relegation in the national championship. 2 years later and they won like 4 trophies, including the National Cup. Like, no joke, just look it up. I think that might be one of the reasons why Newcastle was so obsessed about him to pay this much money. You can kind of expect that he will bring results.
This is good and prophetic. Two months later we are up to 9th. We got the decent centre back we needed and EVERYONE in the team has lifted their performance . Joelinton has been outstanding, Willock has refound his mojo, Target has been a revelation. And we've done all this with no top draw centre forward as Wilson is injured and Wood's not the player he was. You have to hand it to Staveley and her team. They actually do know what they're doing.
Thanks James. After watching your video, I have have to pinch myself thinking we could get a player like him in our current position. Bruno can’t lift us out of the bottom 3 on his own but another couple of sensible signings should see us safe and as you say, the world changes very much in the summer if we can manage to stay up. Maybe he will prove to be our new Yohan Cabaye who was such a wonderful player for us.
Joelinton put a word in ;) They must have a project some players are excited for given the number of signings. As of course the wages will be a pull factor as well.
The wages will be a factor for sure but I think prem history is having a bigger effect/affect whichever. My point being if the takeovers at Chelsea and Man City hadn't happened would he have gone to Newcastle?... probably not but players have seen two examples of history making clubs and they now have the chance to get in at the beginning. That's 100% the reason Trippier signed.
Guimaraes is the player that I wanted Liverpool to sign last summer as a replacement for Wijnaldum. He really is an incredible player that has the potential to go all the way to the top. What a signing for a club like Newcastle
"Club like Newcastle" - a club thats been held down by appalling directors/owners for DECADES like a boot on the neck. Now PIF are doing the opposite and the media have gone ballistic - the source of their hate and accusations may not be a target any more
@@Hazed_77 Do you think other PL clubs pay buttons ? Hardly a new thing. Man U Liverpool Man City ALL pay astronomical wages. Newcastle have just started to equal. Thats what they DON'T want
Burn, Bakker, Bruno and lingard before deadline day. That will be a 10/10 window for Newcastle and you guys would definitely stay up. Not gonna lie Newcastle are the only club that are currently making this Jan window any interesting, so thank you for that.
Genuinely never thought I'd see the day that pundits and UA-camrs legit said "You have to keep Joelinton in the team" - The way he's came on this season in midfield is nothing short of extraordinary and I'm absolutely buzzing for him.
Although I would say it might be the fact that the top clubs know that whatever you offer him NUFC will probably match it and even surpass it , and if the player is looking for the money there is little to do when battling the richest club in England.
When Roy Keane was suggesting Jesse Lingard i was thinking why, Newcastle want some quality for the next few years not just players that might keep them up,last thing needed is players on 100k a week that aren't good enough to be a top team.Just build a young squad even if they go down in 2-3 year they will be a mid table premier league team that's looking up.
A lot of people honestly just don’t realise how good this guy is, how Newcastle have got him is quite frankly beyond me, would get in any team in the premier league, no exaggeration at all, well you don’t play number 8 for Brazil for no reason.
The crazy thing is we don’t even have a DoF yet, the fact we have the pull to sign players of his quality whilst in a relegation battle is insane, really scary to see what will happen when we’re at the top of the table
I'm delighted with Guimarães. Really a player we haven't had in about 10/15 years and will do so much for us moving the ball between the defence and attack. I think we still need to secure a better CB and LB, but I still have hope we'll stay up if he's our last signing of the window.
You were spot on with this 👍🏻 (except for “he doesn’t score goals” - he does now!). Thanks for giving some love to Joelinton too - he is fantastic for us now.
Liverpool left Alex Teixeira out to dry Jimbo, he was devastated he had to leave to China. In his casa I would call him more a victim of the system when Chinese football was the powerhouse and Shaktar wanted a handy few quid for him. Exceptional as a teenager at Vasco, it's really a shame he didn't get a chance to develop with a good coach like pep or kloop.
Still need a cb obviously. Hopefully left footed, and I think now we should go for a young player who can play striker or right wing, like etikete. So he could be our next striker after Wilson and wood, and could offer real energy on the opposite flank to ASM, as Ryan Fraser is good when he plays well as we saw at Bournemouth, but a younger winger could offer more drive and hopefully abit of flair which Fraser doesn’t rly have.
I’d be cautious about the “takes money because he grew up poor”. Plenty of council estate footballers that we don’t tar with that brush. Instead we say it makes them hungry. Look at Alexis Sanchez, man ran up mountains in Chile but got called Lazy and Man U. Also pretty sure Oscar grew up well off
To be honest, this looks more or less like the team I created in FM22... The only difference is I bought Calvert Lewin instead of Chris wood and I bought Lacroix
We were never going to sign him, we were linked with Aouar for 2 seasons and nothing happened there, we spent nearly all January been linked to Vlahovic and look how that ended up, we also were never going to get him, don't blame him for choosing Newcastle over us, they at least have a couple of decent strikers, we have crap up front.
I can imagine him in the DM role breaking up attacks, giving the back line a shield then playing balls into wide positions on the diagonal for the wide players to run onto.
How many players signed for wolves when they were in the championship? It’s about the project, especially when you’re coming from a lesser league like the Portuguese or French leagues
Fair point but many players would rather play for Porto, Sporting, Benfica and the like than be in the championship. Yes you’re in a lesser league but you get champions league football and European exposure as well. Wolves getting Ruben Neves and Jota was a massive coup for sure but Porto were desperate to sell Ruben Neves because we needed the money. But many players would rather stay in the top Portuguese teams where they get European football than go to the championship or go to a relegation battle team. Some players will move but not all. I don’t really get Bruno Guimaraes decision Lyon are a contender to win Europa League and I think he could get a bigger move than going to Newcastle. So I think it’s better to stay in the Portuguese league or French league and get compete for titles and get European football and that trajectory to go onto a much bigger club than be in a team battling relegation.
@@jorgeandrade783 money talks and if he could get a better move he would have held out for it. Look at Adama and Luis with Spurs. But yeah I don’t think many players will look back with too much pride on their europa league medals, I know most of the players who won it with us in 17 were talking about it straight after like it’s cute and all but it’s not what we want
Over the moon with the ambition of our club now and the signing! We've spent more in this window then the previous 14 years combined under Mike cA$hley. Bruno looks amazing and more to come!
Bruno will hook up well with Joelinton in the midfield and could really be the glue that brings it altogether. Could still use a CB and a couple more players
What is the website/software that you use to find the advanced stats that you reference such as touches per 90 and the previous match analyses?? It looks like a great insight into the stats around a football game and i’d love to look at it more
You need to do another of these for Bruno,, a year on.. because he is a different player than you thought he was. The only other comparison of a player who changes a team so much is cassimiro. Bruno has been and will be our KDB.
We finished 11th and we didnt play him for a while coz Eddie tactics and expert motivation mindset....Willock, Big Joe and Shelvey were playing brilliantly ... then BOOM. Bruno scores 5 goals
Not really an avid UA-cam watcher.. Just come across your channel James frm a link on twitter... Watched a few of your videos tonight .. Very impressed and very different frm your normal run of the mill football channel.. Very informative and articulated.. Well done 👏 👏
At some point. We were gonna sign someone of this quality, we've got the money and some players are eventually going to be attracted by it. Yeah it's a relegation fight but, it basically won't be from this season onwards imo
As a Toon fan I’m really excited to see what this guy can do and how EH employs him on the pitch. Shelvey is playing really well at the moment, with sustained good performances, and Joelinton is now our best player. Exciting times and a tremendous middle 3. I hope it will be enough
James just to let you know since you have released this video it’s been mentioned on a number of Nufc fans channels and everyone is giving you such good reviews, so if your subs go up their is a good chance a lot will be Nufc fans, I’ve been a subscriber for a while now as I always think you really give an in-depth view of whatever player or club your doing. Just thought I’d let you know but I’m not sure if you read the comments as I know it would take a while. Great work 👍👏👏👏
1 year later he we are 1 game away from champions league qualification and he has been our star man the whole way. Great prediction and great review ⚪️⚫️🇧🇷🇸🇦
If we get one more solid, reliable centre-back then we'll be tough to beat in games. I hope this will psychologically make our defence play better... but I'm not sure!
Buzzing when it was first announced and then I saw Lyon come out and refuted the claims so now I’ll just sit and wait…. But they done the same in 2019 and that transfer ended up getting done.
I'm gonna be honest, as a newcastle fan i think we'd stay up even without any more transfers. the reason we were down here in the first place was because we had 5 points from 11 under bruce and jones. since howe's come in we've got 10 from 10 games (more than the other 3 down there with us) and that with playing man city, liverpool, arsenal, man united and leicester in those 10 games. but with a signing like this, i am now fully confident we'll stay up. All the people saying "good luck in the championship" actually has people convinced we're stranded at the bottom, we're 1 point off 17th so i think we'll be fine.
Great analysis. This is a really big "get" for the Toon. Still think they will bring in 3-4 more players before the close of the window Monday night. Looks like they will also get Bakker soon. Curious to see if Botman or Carlos deals will have a resurgence in the next few days.
Carlos may yet become suddenly available last hour of 31st Jan ditto with Lingard - although most of us are delighted with signings thius far. Trippier was catalyst
visiting this video 2 months later, Bruno has proven to be signing of the season for us. The quality he brings to the team is something we missed since the departure of Yohan Cabaye, and he is even better than Cabaye defensively. Simply unreal!
He had been crucial to Eddie Howe transforming our team into mid table, we can grab 9th place one more win and we’re top 10!
Came here to so exactly this. He is sublime. So calm on the ball. First goal for the club, a mental back heeler and that last minute flying header winner. He won the fans over before he’d even kicked a ball. Already a toon legend.
@@lancecougar his close control, vision, awareness. His creative passing and passing accuracy. The kids got everything. Opposing players find it difficult to dispossess him without fouling him. It's early days and he hasn't played much, but if this is his normal level he's one of the best midfielders we've ever had.
He’s a god now
@@c15rise35 a year on and Newcastle is better than mid table 😅
He bossed it for At. Paranaense here in Brazil before his Lyon move - they had their best season for years with him pulling strings at CM. Won a copa do brasil as well, 1st time in their history. All round great get for the geordies
Hey bro how's football in brazil
In what sense?? Quality wise, not great
@@ohgringo4336 I'm still pissed about fluminense selling Kayky to man City at such a tender age, hampering his development. And we have all seen how those transfers work out to be... 'Reinier' ahem 'Reinier' ahem.
@@rhinestonecowboy8185 If Kayky has the ability, he will get his time. I imagine if Pep stays, it'll be similar to Foden's progression. Endrick is supposed to be the next big thing in brazil. Only 15, scored a worldie bicycle kick other week
@@rhinestonecowboy8185 I think there’s an argument for premier league academy’s being genuinely good for development more so than some professional league’s.
But I do agree with you
Coming back to this video after a few month, it's an absolute joy to watch him being a Newcastle fan. I didn't realise how good he actually is. Not just the passing and the 3 goals already but his overall game. I've found myself just watching what Bruno's doing during the match he's that good
couldnt agree more, when you watch him live, hes electric
@@garymuckle1002 Can only imagine mate, I couldn't get a ticket these days 🤣
@@garymuckle1002 He is sublime to watch. His awareness is off the charts.
I’m a Lyon fan, idk how we will replace him tbh great signing for newcastle if they can keep him there
By signing Ndombele again?
JCP Newcastle United are and will be the next , Real Madrid.. PSG.. With a few Billion to spare.. Why the fuck would you not what a piece of that ??????
Eddie Howe made Joelinton into a brilliant midfield player and has improved Jonjo Shelvey too, he's worked well using a 433 with a deep playmaker, and Bruno is so perfect for Eddie's Brazilian Mags
Jonjo has always been good, just a bit lazy.
@@kaz3444 this is why I think the incoming players could be really good for him. He can't afford to be lazy now or he's gonna get shipped out.
Bruno will be Brazil's national team material in the next cycle. Mark my words. Great video. (I am a brazilian fan of NUFC since 2004)
Well he’s bossing it in the prem so 100%
you have to teach James so say is surname right then? haha
Correct!
The guy could play for Man City and nobody would question it. Serious baller. Congrats on survival Geordies.
Thank you ⚫️⚪️
A decade plus of Ashley's "No....no....no...no" to strengthening the side and sell by buys and the media telling the fans THEY are to blame for relegation battles every season (for turning up 50,000 every season) - having 9 players from your 2016 Championship team still in side is why - so when we get what other teams of a certain size take for granted, the media is STILL attacking (esp the false left rags like Guardian and Independent) we are jus balancing out on what we've been deprived of for a LOOONG time
14 years of hurt never stopped me dreaming hope it’s enough to survive ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️
Cheers bro
I understand that Newcastle have now got an abundance of riches, but when Stoke signed Shaqiri and West Ham signed Felipe Anderson, plus many more ‘lesser teams’ signing big players, no one was saying that it was an issue for the Premier League. They’ve been taken over and are on the brink of relegation, of course they were going to spend big on transfer fees and wages. Does Bruno Guimaraes care about club status? Probably not, and neither do many players these days, people have to grow with the times, and if they do go down, he will leave, it’s not like battling relegation for 4 months will reduce his stock that drastically.
Lmao Shaqiri wasn't very expensive and did well for them
@@nikolas8203 still attracting a big name player, if Newcastle want to spend big they can, and we can’t judge Bruno yet as he hasn’t played, but he’s a class player
guimaraes is far better than them
West Ham were in a way better position when they signed Anderson
@@Joeavfc1 true. They also had a Premier League winning coach in charge,as opposed to Eddie Howe
Can’t wait to watch him play. Guimares and trippier make me smile
Bruno G, someone I've known of and watched for the better part of 18 months, can't believe as a Chelsea fan I'm sitting here and saying I'm jealous of a Newcastle signing... but here we are.
6 months ago we couldn't "afford" Hamza Choudhury's loan fee, now were signing players like Trippier and Guimares. Still cant believe this is happening 😍
Same here pal same here!
@@Guy_on_UA-cam awww salty are we
It's blood money, but better us then the mackems
Botman and Paqueta next
He's coming to a fantastic team and city.He's been sold the project and no doubt be paid very well for it.
If their was any doubt what the new owners would do to Newcastle, this has put those to bed.
Newcastle will not get relegated,theirs plenty of games left in the season
It’s already happening. The fact that we’re asking the question “How on earth did Newcastle sign that player” when they’re the richest club in the world reminds me of Robinho. Soon we’ll be claiming newcastles riches are a minor convience to which ever manager manages to deliver an embarrassment of riches to the club. The narratives in football are coming to an end. Non-league is the future if you want to experience the highs and lows of football.
Signed him for my Ajax team way back in FM20. Took a lot of persuading but when he came completely transformed my midfield. Just a heads up though, might be a prick because he routinely wanted out for PSG
💀💀💀
Incredible insight😂😂
We're all so glad you told us about your fm save
This is the real world, not Football Manager.
@@thebloodymummer5502 sorry my phone has been non-stop with offers. Real who?
For Newcastle this a great signing if they can get it over the line but I can't help but feel skeptical about it. Like you said Guimares is a player who seems ready for top level European football so it's going to be interesting to see how he performs in a side that's way below the level he should be at.
Yes! This is my biggest issue with this video as a Newcastle fan, this deal hasn't even finalized yet, there's room for something to go wrong.
If Newcastle stay up then he won't have long to wait until they are a brilliant team tbh. They will be spending a shit tonne in the summer. Over £250 Million I'd say.
Great point. I’m very curious to see how he does in a situation where he’s surrounded by players (especially in the midfield) that aren’t anywhere near his level ability wise. With the potential of relegation added with that theres gonna be a lot of pressure on him to succeed right away.
Its done, he'll be at the top level of European football next year anyway 😉
@@TrellAliii,,,he is not going to newcastle....it's such a step backwards...
Kovacic has only scored 3 goals in 74 games for Chelsea and you expect Bruno to score less?
Already did😃
So far I’ve really liked how Newcastle have been approaching their transfers both the players they’ve signed and the ones they’ve tried to sign. I’m actually really looking forward to seeing them grow as a team
Chris wood is a bit dodgy
@@vacantjesus9411 i don’t mind it in this striker market it’s not a terrible price for a backup striker that’s proven he can produce in the prem and that is weakening a relegation rival. Also when you take into consideration that he wasn’t much more expensive than Rhian Brewster who is struggling in the championship he really wasn’t that expensive.
@@NicolasOvalleNick using Brewsters as a currency isn’t the best thing to do. He may turn out like a good signing but I think there are other strikers that would’ve been better. Idk who tho
Do people realise they're quite literally signing anyone who will sign for them 😂
This is the stupidest comment I've seen this year.
“Doesn’t score goals” 😂😂😂
Bruno 21/22 - 5 goals from 17 apps
You were right about everything else James
Other major factor that was key to his moving to Newcastle, I think, is the world cup. Here in Brazil, as basically everywhere else, the attention to the premier league is way bigger than ligue 1. And with the spotlight, he has greater chances of going to the national team.
if its just cause of the pemier league and national team why go to a club that was fighting to stay in the premier league
@@PatrickEmannyVieira-Ribeiro Its still the premier league
Come on, The Brazil squad been written all over him even before he joined Lyon. Captaining Brazil's oIympic squad and being the best player of the Olympic knockout tournament isn't for anyone. I remember he impressed french pundits during his very first game at Lyon barely within days of his arrival. His second game against Juventus and Ronaldo in particularly set many tongues wagging at that club... He's a GEM...⚽
Hello great video! I’m watching this on Sunday night 9th October 2022. Bruno has just scored 2 goals in a MOTM display. He’s an icon here in the north east we love him! We are 6th in the table after 9 games and your metrics for Bruno are spot on. He’s actually improving as well game by game and I think he is going to be a major player for us in the premier league and dare I say in European games to come in the future. Watching your video now shows how the data works. He has so many qualities. But honestly check out NUFC these days. No longer a one man team with maxi. We have Bruno, maxi , Wilson trippier Isak , and Eddie Howe has brought out the best in Joelinton, Scharr , Almiron and more. We don’t have a lot of depth yet , but our first 11 and 3 or 4 strong subs so getting there. Honrable mention to pope botman burn targett who give us solid foundation to work from. Happy times being a NUFC fan 😊. Fancy doing a new video from your perspective on how high we can finish this season? Murphy Fraser longstaff and Elliot not forgetting you guys either. Love our team spirit what a 12 months it’s been since takeover.
The Prem is a joke unless you spend 100mill like any other Prem team and have a sugar daddy you can't keep up with the other teams. That's why Burnley is so impressive but it's even caught up to them.
Liverpool -3 million net spend over the last 4 years: 2nd best team in the league. Won the prem two seasons ago
Leicester Southampton crystal palace ?
Watch NBA then
Cheers. We've been lucky that we've had standards and bought in certain players that fit our calibre. We sign players who we know would fight for the team rather having massive egos and ruining the squad atmosphere.
Saying that, we are close to signing two beasts. The pacy Mislav Orsic from Croatian will be a massive bargain at only 7 mil. The other deal we're working on is a beast 6ft6 target man Wout Weghorst from Wolfsburg. 2nd Bundesliga top scorer since 2018 behind Lewandowski and is a big upgrade replacement for Chris Wood.
We're also looking at improving our midfield. At the moment Aaron Ramsey on loan from Juventus is the biggest name linked to us atm. Dele Alli is another mentioned with an interest from the club.
@@nathanwappett7306 that's an exception. There are always exceptions. Plus they basically hit the jackpot with a year of 120 mil spending.
Mad to think Willock was signed for £25m 6 months ago and forgotten totally from everyone's possible line ups!
Get Willock back in there !!
It is a bit of a problem like 25m is a lot and the moat a would offer him the team is to rotate Willock with Fraser imo.
The fact we're in for these players and some of them actually want to come (for money, project, whatever) is mind-blowing.
CM some could argue is more important than CB. But I want at least one upgrade at CB. Lascelles and Clark aren't good enough to start.
A LB and striker are needed too really.
im staggered.
Its unreal how we've managed this.
And.. its a genuine marquee signing..
What the hell.
I'm a brazilian fan of Athletico - PR, he's unbelievable good, he makes the player around him do better, he can catch a ball behind midfield under pressure and find the perfect pass for someone running, and he does these stuff fast enough for the other team be "wtf?"
Absolutely buzzing with this signing, we’ve been dying for someone who can progress the ball and link up the defence and midfield, now with Bruno and a target man in wood up top we have some more options getting up the pitch which I hope will really help out, I think we need another creative player in at left back as well as a CB to help us see out games, don’t need to be superstars I saw Dan Burn linked and would be more than happy with him!
now reached an agreement with brighton for $13 mil or so and reached personal for a short term loan with lingard
@@Lune1858 yes siree! 😎
Bruno scored a ridiculous back-heel-volley winner against Southampton on his debut start for NUFC and scored both goals -- including the first he's ever scored with his head -- as we beat Leicester on Easter Sunday. He's already matched his goal tally for Lyon... and he's only started 5 games! He's top of the team chart for pretty much every outfield stat. The boy is different gravy.
Bruno/10 comment. Different gravy indeed
As an Arsenal fan, this signing makes me sad. Would be perfect for us :(
Yup, I always thought Edu should’ve prioritized him. I think they were planning to go for him in the summer
As an Arsenal fan, this makes me want to throw up
Arsenal's recruitment has been a letdown for a long time.
Would have been competition / replacement for xhaka, xhaka still gets to start despite his fuck ups coz there is no direct sub for him , sigh
@@90AlmostFamous And you were right
Pretty impressive that Newcastle manage these kind of signings in middle of a hectic relegation battle tbf
This feels like a joke more so because of the failings of other teams more than Newcastle getting him
Arsenal not really interested. He's also like 70 mil because of 3rd party rights. No team pays that.
@Ye he nearly signed for arsenal but tpo was the problem. I think Atletico Parenense has a 20% sell on fee.
Wrong use of words. Lyon negotiated a 20% sell on fee to get rid of the TPO
@@johndoe-ro7xi Arsenal are a dead club. Newcastle will be slapping them around for fun in 2 years time. Makes much more sense to go to Newcastle anyway.
@@rosscowell8278 🤣🤣🤣🤣 delusion at it's finest
He seems pretty good and certainly an improvement over our current CM's, especially as we're playing Joelinton there. Hopefully he can reduce the amount of defending we're having to do by winning the ball a bit higher up the pitch too. Either way, we still need improvement at centre back too.
Joelinton has been outstanding since playing CM, I think he will remain in the midfield
@@carlp306 I agree, when he was playing striker he was awful, but now as he playing cm he is doing a much better job and giving a 100% effort every game
@@geordies4829 Bruno Shelvey Joelinton midfield 3 would be pretty good
@@calum9124 Yep
The fact that no clubs challenging for top 4, even tried challenging NUFC for him is pretty embarrassing. Especially Man Untd and Arsenal who clearly have big gaps in Midfield.
Maybe some of the clubs have scouted him and decided he's not worth the fee.
They’re offer is €52 euros now not to mention how much would need to be paid extra if he is still partly owned by a third party. Not to mention they’re quadrupling his wages. Other clubs would only match this if he was their no 1 target which obviously isn’t the case.
The scary thing is they are only getting started imagine what they will do once they get few more good players they will break the Bank to get the biggest names
Liverpool were going for Zakaria and ManU are in for Kamara, two much cheaper alternatives. As for Arsenal, who the hell knows what they’re doing 🤷♂️
Those mugs have other worries
I watched this when we signed Bruno and I have to say James nailed it (apart from Bruno’s scoring abilities) 😉 ⚫️⚪️✊🏻
Toon fan. Very excited by this. Hadn’t really heard of him before but it’s not everyday you sign Brazil’s CM. Also heard story about getting DCL from Everton today… I can now see Everton going down instead of us. Thanks Rafa 🙏
I rate this so much, watching all the rumours come and go all window has been frustrating at times but to be signing someone in their early/mid 20's who can really push us on and become a staple of the squad for the future is so exciting. Had similar feelings towards Botman thinking he is one to build the defence around so I hope for him in the summer! I think we still need a few players in the window, especially a CB and maybe a LB because we can' t stop conceding goals rn. Great bit of business though, huge few days ahead.
Really like this transfer and definitely sorts a problem we have in the squad, but we desperately need to fill that left centre back position. If Lascelles plays the whole season I think we’re down. I also think we need a left back and I’m worried that we don’t have enough goals in the squad but maybe Guimaraes will allow Fraser and ASM to stay in those forward positions a lot more and allow Wood to get into the box more often.
You guys are essentially done with the Diego Carlos signing you just need to pay the roughly 45mil fee which I think you will. I know he’s a right CB but I think just him and Trippier should be enough in the January window to save you from relegation
Lascelles has his days numbered
At least lascelles must give the armband to trippier
But can he do it two times a week in the championship?????
@@Nunohadadream cry.
It's been months since you have uploaded this video and you were spot on with your comments. He is world class and he has changed our team beyond recognition.
And a player who can score a goal against Arsenal when Arsenal expected to win but didnt and missed out on ECL 22/23 🤣
I’m absolutely delighted by this as an NUFC fan. Still won’t believe it’s done until he’s actually signed but such a positive move
It’s done bruh
Yeh he’s signed doing medical today
Fantastic player, BUT……
One player doesn’t fix the issues in your midfield….. he is playing in a far weaker team than the one he just left. And he isn’t going to have the ball as often and also he had mobile strikers and not the lump Chris wood….
Also he isn’t going to improve your championship level defence
@@Nunohadadream That is true, but he already passed a test of elevating a bad team with Paranaense in Brazil. When he was younger and started playing the team was battling relegation in the national championship. 2 years later and they won like 4 trophies, including the National Cup. Like, no joke, just look it up.
I think that might be one of the reasons why Newcastle was so obsessed about him to pay this much money. You can kind of expect that he will bring results.
@@Nunohadadream This aged really badly…
This is good and prophetic. Two months later we are up to 9th. We got the decent centre back we needed and EVERYONE in the team has lifted their performance . Joelinton has been outstanding, Willock has refound his mojo, Target has been a revelation. And we've done all this with no top draw centre forward as Wilson is injured and Wood's not the player he was.
You have to hand it to Staveley and her team. They actually do know what they're doing.
Thanks James. After watching your video, I have have to pinch myself thinking we could get a player like him in our current position. Bruno can’t lift us out of the bottom 3 on his own but another couple of sensible signings should see us safe and as you say, the world changes very much in the summer if we can manage to stay up. Maybe he will prove to be our new Yohan Cabaye who was such a wonderful player for us.
Joelinton put a word in ;) They must have a project some players are excited for given the number of signings. As of course the wages will be a pull factor as well.
The wages will be a factor for sure but I think prem history is having a bigger effect/affect whichever. My point being if the takeovers at Chelsea and Man City hadn't happened would he have gone to Newcastle?... probably not but players have seen two examples of history making clubs and they now have the chance to get in at the beginning. That's 100% the reason Trippier signed.
@@psyseraphim Although with each money takeover it has gotten harder to get to the top. But yeah that history will have made an impact.
Guimaraes is the player that I wanted Liverpool to sign last summer as a replacement for Wijnaldum. He really is an incredible player that has the potential to go all the way to the top. What a signing for a club like Newcastle
😂 club like Newcastle 🤭 320billion reason he made a fantastic choice
@@thevoicezjtj-999 and? Your boss offers you 4x your salary to go work somewhere else. Do you say no ?
@@Hazed_77 I swear ppl act like they wouldn't accept these offers, just hypocrites
"Club like Newcastle" - a club thats been held down by appalling directors/owners for DECADES like a boot on the neck. Now PIF are doing the opposite and the media have gone ballistic - the source of their hate and accusations may not be a target any more
@@Hazed_77 Do you think other PL clubs pay buttons ? Hardly a new thing. Man U Liverpool Man City ALL pay astronomical wages. Newcastle have just started to equal. Thats what they DON'T want
I love your content. You always talk about relevant news whilst backing up everything you say with facts. Keep it up 👍
If we can get him and a good centre half I’m confident we stay up, that’s bare minimum. Another striker would be nice and maybe a left back
I think we sign Bruno, a left back and centre back
Burn, Bakker, Bruno and lingard before deadline day. That will be a 10/10 window for Newcastle and you guys would definitely stay up. Not gonna lie Newcastle are the only club that are currently making this Jan window any interesting, so thank you for that.
We need another striker too
Genuinely never thought I'd see the day that pundits and UA-camrs legit said "You have to keep Joelinton in the team" - The way he's came on this season in midfield is nothing short of extraordinary and I'm absolutely buzzing for him.
Although I would say it might be the fact that the top clubs know that whatever you offer him NUFC will probably match it and even surpass it , and if the player is looking for the money there is little to do when battling the richest club in England.
Richest club in the world***
In the world mate!
When Roy Keane was suggesting Jesse Lingard i was thinking why, Newcastle want some quality for the next few years not just players that might keep them up,last thing needed is players on 100k a week that aren't good enough to be a top team.Just build a young squad even if they go down in 2-3 year they will be a mid table premier league team that's looking up.
He is in the top 10 players in the Premier. He is absolute quality! He will attract others and the one to build a team around....
A lot of people honestly just don’t realise how good this guy is, how Newcastle have got him is quite frankly beyond me, would get in any team in the premier league, no exaggeration at all, well you don’t play number 8 for Brazil for no reason.
3 caps for brazil wow ....since 2019
@@sebastianregula4321 salt
The crazy thing is we don’t even have a DoF yet, the fact we have the pull to sign players of his quality whilst in a relegation battle is insane, really scary to see what will happen when we’re at the top of the table
looks like Ashworth from Brighton is happening mate!
@@dddgtsd Such a good appointment, feels so strange to actually have an ownership that cares😂
I'm delighted with Guimarães. Really a player we haven't had in about 10/15 years and will do so much for us moving the ball between the defence and attack. I think we still need to secure a better CB and LB, but I still have hope we'll stay up if he's our last signing of the window.
Lmao thought this was an Irish guy video after seeing the title😂
Irish guy probably would say it's a disgrace instead
Still pinching myself how this has turned out for us. What a player.
As a Newcastle fan I really hope we can pull this one off
You were spot on with this 👍🏻 (except for “he doesn’t score goals” - he does now!). Thanks for giving some love to Joelinton too - he is fantastic for us now.
I feel this shows how much power ALL clubs in the Premier League have over the rest of Europe, whether for good or bad.
Great job from Newcastle with him they will for sure stay up.
Another CB and they will be fine
@@bfuzz3933 i think they need more a lb
One signing saves them, does it? 🤡
@@youngdolo8 have they made just one signing 🤡
@@youngdolo8 trippier,guimares and wood?
You were spot on regarding Bruno James
Liverpool left Alex Teixeira out to dry Jimbo, he was devastated he had to leave to China. In his casa I would call him more a victim of the system when Chinese football was the powerhouse and Shaktar wanted a handy few quid for him. Exceptional as a teenager at Vasco, it's really a shame he didn't get a chance to develop with a good coach like pep or kloop.
Every now and then YT keeps recommending this to me and I find it so funny
Still need a cb obviously. Hopefully left footed, and I think now we should go for a young player who can play striker or right wing, like etikete. So he could be our next striker after Wilson and wood, and could offer real energy on the opposite flank to ASM, as Ryan Fraser is good when he plays well as we saw at Bournemouth, but a younger winger could offer more drive and hopefully abit of flair which Fraser doesn’t rly have.
Scoring less goals than Kovacic just means he isn't scoring any basically, because Kova only scored 4 goals since he signed for Chelsea in 2019...
Was going to say the same thing. Kova is great at everything apart from finishing.
3 goals in 11 games, absolute baller!
9 months later and this video isnt even getting close on how good he is! what a player
Visiting after 3 months ...we're top half of PL and can all pronounce his name ...say it GEE-MAR-ESH & he's staying...watch our summer window x
That's the way Portugal says it, not Brazil.
In Brazil you say it Gi-ma-ran-es
Almost a year later. It’s crazy how accurate all of this is
Great signing. Now we need a CB.
I’d be cautious about the “takes money because he grew up poor”. Plenty of council estate footballers that we don’t tar with that brush. Instead we say it makes them hungry. Look at Alexis Sanchez, man ran up mountains in Chile but got called Lazy and Man U. Also pretty sure Oscar grew up well off
“Is like kovacic but won’t score as many” kovacic only has 4 goals since 2018 😂
To be honest, this looks more or less like the team I created in FM22...
The only difference is I bought Calvert Lewin instead of Chris wood and I bought Lacroix
We were never going to sign him, we were linked with Aouar for 2 seasons and nothing happened there, we spent nearly all January been linked to Vlahovic and look how that ended up, we also were never going to get him, don't blame him for choosing Newcastle over us, they at least have a couple of decent strikers, we have crap up front.
If they pull it off im gonna be jealous, I wanted Arsenal to sign him when they were linked with him back when they got Martinelli
3 goals already 👏 bruno is class,bossed games.he has adapted so well with Eddie howe easing him in gradually. 37 points and safe I'd say 🔥🔥🔥⚫⚪
James Allcott, he's done it again, my guy doesn't miss
I can imagine him in the DM role breaking up attacks, giving the back line a shield then playing balls into wide positions on the diagonal for the wide players to run onto.
Newcastle already flexing their financial muscles. Other ‘big teams’ take note, they’re not messing about.
Yes watch out Championship
@@Justinian-IV nah mate, the championship is none of Newcastle's business with players like him coming in!
They are only getting started its only there first window under new ownership won't be surprised if they are lined to the biggest name by next summer
How many players signed for wolves when they were in the championship? It’s about the project, especially when you’re coming from a lesser league like the Portuguese or French leagues
Fair point but many players would rather play for Porto, Sporting, Benfica and the like than be in the championship. Yes you’re in a lesser league but you get champions league football and European exposure as well. Wolves getting Ruben Neves and Jota was a massive coup for sure but Porto were desperate to sell Ruben Neves because we needed the money. But many players would rather stay in the top Portuguese teams where they get European football than go to the championship or go to a relegation battle team. Some players will move but not all. I don’t really get Bruno Guimaraes decision Lyon are a contender to win Europa League and I think he could get a bigger move than going to Newcastle. So I think it’s better to stay in the Portuguese league or French league and get compete for titles and get European football and that trajectory to go onto a much bigger club than be in a team battling relegation.
@@jorgeandrade783 money talks and if he could get a better move he would have held out for it. Look at Adama and Luis with Spurs. But yeah I don’t think many players will look back with too much pride on their europa league medals, I know most of the players who won it with us in 17 were talking about it straight after like it’s cute and all but it’s not what we want
Over the moon with the ambition of our club now and the signing! We've spent more in this window then the previous 14 years combined under Mike cA$hley. Bruno looks amazing and more to come!
Bruno will hook up well with Joelinton in the midfield and could really be the glue that brings it altogether. Could still use a CB and a couple more players
Both Brazilian will help. Having someone to talk to while learning English is always going to help
What is the website/software that you use to find the advanced stats that you reference such as touches per 90 and the previous match analyses?? It looks like a great insight into the stats around a football game and i’d love to look at it more
You need to do another of these for Bruno,, a year on.. because he is a different player than you thought he was. The only other comparison of a player who changes a team so much is cassimiro. Bruno has been and will be our KDB.
can confirm it was
We finished 11th and we didnt play him for a while coz Eddie tactics and expert motivation mindset....Willock, Big Joe and Shelvey were playing brilliantly ... then BOOM. Bruno scores 5 goals
Not really an avid UA-cam watcher.. Just come across your channel James frm a link on twitter... Watched a few of your videos tonight .. Very impressed and very different frm your normal run of the mill football channel.. Very informative and articulated.. Well done 👏 👏
At some point. We were gonna sign someone of this quality, we've got the money and some players are eventually going to be attracted by it. Yeah it's a relegation fight but, it basically won't be from this season onwards imo
9 months later. Yip your were correct James.
As a Toon fan I’m really excited to see what this guy can do and how EH employs him on the pitch. Shelvey is playing really well at the moment, with sustained good performances, and Joelinton is now our best player. Exciting times and a tremendous middle 3. I hope it will be enough
Great vid, but less goals that kovacic? He’s only got 4 in all comps in 4 years at Chelsea
James just to let you know since you have released this video it’s been mentioned on a number of Nufc fans channels and everyone is giving you such good reviews, so if your subs go up their is a good chance a lot will be Nufc fans, I’ve been a subscriber for a while now as I always think you really give an in-depth view of whatever player or club your doing.
Just thought I’d let you know but I’m not sure if you read the comments as I know it would take a while.
Great work 👍👏👏👏
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😍🥳
1 year later he we are 1 game away from champions league qualification and he has been our star man the whole way. Great prediction and great review ⚪️⚫️🇧🇷🇸🇦
If we get one more solid, reliable centre-back then we'll be tough to beat in games. I hope this will psychologically make our defence play better... but I'm not sure!
First video I've watched from you, quality analysis and commentary 👍
Buzzing when it was first announced and then I saw Lyon come out and refuted the claims so now I’ll just sit and wait…. But they done the same in 2019 and that transfer ended up getting done.
I'm gonna be honest, as a newcastle fan i think we'd stay up even without any more transfers. the reason we were down here in the first place was because we had 5 points from 11 under bruce and jones. since howe's come in we've got 10 from 10 games (more than the other 3 down there with us) and that with playing man city, liverpool, arsenal, man united and leicester in those 10 games. but with a signing like this, i am now fully confident we'll stay up. All the people saying "good luck in the championship" actually has people convinced we're stranded at the bottom, we're 1 point off 17th so i think we'll be fine.
On a usual season you'd be adrift by now. Luckily there are a whole bunch of teams who are equally poor.
Beast signing of the past 5 years. This will be looked back at as a steal!
What do I think? I think we haven't signed him yet.
Not joking now tho James u need to watch Brunos interview and how much he loves our club
Newcastle United WILL be a more successful club with Wor Bruno! He’s a Geordie Legend man 🖤🤍
Didn’t know a great deal about him, but I’ve heard he is absolutely class and this has confirmed it
Great analysis. This is a really big "get" for the Toon. Still think they will bring in 3-4 more players before the close of the window Monday night. Looks like they will also get Bakker soon. Curious to see if Botman or Carlos deals will have a resurgence in the next few days.
Carlos may yet become suddenly available last hour of 31st Jan ditto with Lingard - although most of us are delighted with signings thius far. Trippier was catalyst