Newcastle nearing deal for Manchester City star to replace Bruno Guimaraes

Nico Gonzalez is getting closer to joining Newcastle as the north-east club are growing more likely to sign a replacement for Bruno Guimaraes . While Newcastle are yet to agree a fee with Manchester City for the Spaniard, there is a growing expectation they will. Gonzalez is set to join City’s midfield exodus this summer after Bernardo Silva , Tijjani Reijnders and Rodri have already left the Etihad Stadium. The former Barcelona player joined City from Porto in January 2025 for £49m and has gone on to make 59 appearances, scoring four goals. But he was left an unused substitute for Sunday’s 2-1 win over Bournemouth , when centre-back Marc Guehi instead played in midfield. While Gonzalez is likely to leave, City are continuing their midfield revamp after agreeing a deal with Lille for Ayyoub Bouaddi that could entail paying £85m for the Morocco midfielder. Selling Gonzalez as well as Savinho, who is set to join Tottenham for £85m, would mean City have made almost £300m in the transfer market this summer, while they have also been in talks with Spurs about Omar Marmoush. Newcastle turned to Gonzalez in their search for a more experienced midfielder after considering Joao Palhinha and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. They have bought two younger midfielders, in 18-year-old Sean Steur and 20-year-old Aladji Bamba, who both debuted against Liverpool on Sunday. But after Guimaraes’ £75m move to Arsenal and Sandro Tonali’s £100m transfer to Tottenham, they have also looked for further midfield reinforcements. New manager Matthias Jaissle also wants another forward but does not believe he needs to buy a centre-back, even though new captain Dan Burn is injured.