Don’t panic: that is the message emanating from Newcastle United sources after the turbulence of another week where the club’s best players have been linked with moves away.
Having already sold Anthony Gordon to Barcelona for nearly £70m, the club had long anticipated another one of their “big” players leaving in the close season.
Partly to satisfy financial fair play rules but also because the players themselves seem open to moving on, Newcastle have been working on the assumption that Gordon and at least one other player would go.
Sandro Tonali, who wants to explore options away from St James’ Park, always felt the most likely to go but this week has brought a flurry of damaging speculation surrounding talisman Bruno Guimaraes.
Club sources dispute that there has been any sort of offer from Arsenal for the Brazil international, reaffirming their stance that there has been “no contact” from the Gunners for Guimaraes until now.
