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!

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

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

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 😍

I’m a Lyon fan, idk how we will replace him tbh great signing for newcastle if they can keep him there

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)

The guy could play for Man City and nobody would question it. Serious baller. Congrats on survival Geordies.

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.

Kovacic has only scored 3 goals in 74 games for Chelsea and you expect Bruno to score less?

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

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.

Can’t wait to watch him play. Guimares and trippier make me smile

“Doesn’t score goals” 😂😂😂 Bruno 21/22 - 5 goals from 17 apps You were right about everything else James

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.

Mad to think Willock was signed for £25m 6 months ago and forgotten totally from everyone's possible line ups!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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?"

im staggered. Its unreal how we've managed this. And.. its a genuine marquee signing.. What the hell.

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.

Pretty impressive that Newcastle manage these kind of signings in middle of a hectic relegation battle tbf

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.

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.

Every now and then YT keeps recommending this to me and I find it so funny

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.

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.

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

This feels like a joke more so because of the failings of other teams more than Newcastle getting him

I watched this when we signed Bruno and I have to say James nailed it (apart from Bruno’s scoring abilities) 😉 ⚫️⚪️✊🏻

Lmao thought this was an Irish guy video after seeing the title😂

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

As an Arsenal fan, this signing makes me sad. Would be perfect for us :(

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 🙏

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.

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....

You were spot on regarding Bruno James

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!

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.

I love your content. You always talk about relevant news whilst backing up everything you say with facts. Keep it up 👍

9 months later and this video isnt even getting close on how good he is! what a player

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.

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.

Still pinching myself how this has turned out for us. What a player.

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.

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

Genuinely never thought I'd see the day that pundits and KZfaqrs 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.

Almost a year later. It’s crazy how accurate all of this is

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.

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.

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.

Great job from Newcastle with him they will for sure stay up.

Not joking now tho James u need to watch Brunos interview and how much he loves our club

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

can confirm it was

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...

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.

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.

3 goals in 11 games, absolute baller!

I love the respect you give to the Newcastle fan base.

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.

9 months later. Yip your were correct James.

I feel this shows how much power ALL clubs in the Premier League have over the rest of Europe, whether for good or bad.

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 🔥🔥🔥⚫⚪

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

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

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.

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

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.

As a Newcastle fan I really hope we can pull this one off

Great detailed video, praying we get this one done 🤞🏼

Coming back to this almost a year later .. say no more then 3rd top of the prem now with real potential to be 2nd by Sunday night 😎👍

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

Newcastle United WILL be a more successful club with Wor Bruno! He’s a Geordie Legend man 🖤🤍

James Allcott, he's done it again, my guy doesn't miss

What is the app you are using to see all the stats and players info on here?

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.

We knew he would be good, but F*ck me he has been outstanding. Hopefully he stays for the next 6-8 yeas and helps us progress. Even though he had hype I doubt anyone had any idea how good he would become. He is a beast and loves the club!

We are building a team here at the toon and have to start from somewhere with a marquee signing! Just look at Man City when they signed Robinho in there new beginnings…enough said the Phoenix is rising from the ashes

Hey James, hey everyone! Hope you’re all doing well and having a great day! 😊 UP THE SLUGS!!

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

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

“Is like kovacic but won’t score as many” kovacic only has 4 goals since 2018 😂

Bruno was all you talked about and more 5 goals 1 to go he will be modeling for a statue in 10 yrs absolute class

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

00:07:08 what a shallow opinion. What’s the problem if they want to get more money?

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

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

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!

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

Love the content James, so fast to upload

It's good watching this after the way Bruno has came to the toon with a bang...BRUNO BRUNO BRUNO HOWAY THE LADS WERE SAFE NOW 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💣💥🔥🐜

Not really an avid KZfaq 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 👏 👏

everything spot on apart from the fact hes even better than what you said; hes also a goalscorer. god i love being a geordie right now