Newcastle United’s midfield situation remains under heavy stress, with both Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes both linked with moves away from St James’ Park and on their way to Tottenham and Arsenal, respectively.
According to The Telegraph’s Luke Edwards, however, Tonali is not favoring a move to Tottenham Hotspur despite Roberto De Zerbi’s side pushing hardest so far, instead preferring to wait for either Man City or Arsenal to bid for his services.
“I also don’t think Tonali really wants to go to Spurs,” Edwards wrote. “I’m told he would prefer Manchester City or Arsenal.”
Tottenham have already had an offer worth around £80million rejected by Newcastle, who are understood to value the Italy international closer to £100million, even though selling him at the aforementioned price would yield Newcastle a substantial profit given the price they initially paid for him.
Spurs emerged out of nowhere to make Tonali one of their top summer transfer targets, but Edwards’ report suggests the Gunners and the Cityzens would (obviously) be more appealing to Tonali and his agent to sign a new contract elsewhere.
Arsenal have also been linked with Bruno, with reports claiming the Premier League champions have spoken with the Newcastle captain’s camp and already submitted an offer to the Magpies.
That said, Edwards seemed to be cool with the rumors, writing that he is “pretty relaxed” about Bruno’s situation, revealing that the Brazilian wants a new contract at Newcastle and has done “for a while.” We’ll see how that goes.
