Liverpool ‘failed in club-record £100m transfer offer for Newcastle star Bruno Guimaraes in summer’

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September 8, 2023

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LIVERPOOL allegedly failed with a £100million club-record swoop for Bruno Guimaraes during the summer transfer window.

The Brazilian midfielder, 25, joined Newcastle United from Lyon back in January 2022.

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Since then he has become a firm favourite on Tyneside and played a huge role in helping them to finish fourth last term and return to the Champions League.

That led to a host of transfer rumours circulating, with Real Madrid linked with a move for Guimaraes.

Meanwhile, with both Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Fabinho all departing Liverpool over the summer, they were desperate for reinforcements in the middle of the park.

Boss Jurgen Klopp firstly tried and failed to land Moises Caicedo before Chelsea also pipped him to the signing of Romeo Lavia in addition to the Ecuadorian.

He eventually managed to get Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig and Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton.

And they ended the window by snapping up Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich to further bolster his ranks.

However, now a fresh report has claimed Liverpool also attempted to sign Guimaraes from Newcastle.

According to AS, Klopp’s side launched a late offer for the South American but it was instantly rejected by the Magpies.

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The report, which also states they wanted Brazilian Andre Trindade from Fluminense, adds that the Toon ace’s “name is listed in ‘red’” for Liverpool’s future targets as they believe he could become available as early as January.

Guimaraes caused some alarm bells to ring when he admitted in July there are “doubts” over signing a new deal at St. James’ Park.

Since then he hit the headlines when he blasted moaning Newcastle fans with “short, stupid memories”.

Some Toon supporters were quick to hammer their players on social media following last month’s 1-0 defeat at Manchester City.