Bruno Guimarães has joined Arsenal from Newcastle United, the club has confirmed.
The fee is fixed at £75 million ($101m) and Guimarães has signed a four-year deal with the option for another season, sources told ESPN.
Guimarães said: “I feel good, I feel amazing. I’m glad for the opportunity. Since the first time I spoke to [Andrea] Berta and Mikel [Arteta], I was excited. I just felt inside of me that I need a new challenge in my life and I think to be an Arsenal player is going to be an exciting challenge in my life.”
He added: “The message for me is thank you for everything you have done. All the messages you gave me, I’m so excited to join you. I will give you my best, I promise. Like I said, I’m your warrior, I’ll never give up. Hopefully we can create many, many good memories together.”
Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta said: “We are delighted to welcome Bruno Guimarães to our club.
“Bruno is a player with a great mentality and great quality, who will bring strong leadership to our squad.
“With Bruno joining us, we are further strengthening the heart of our team. As we have all seen, Bruno can play as a defensive midfielder and as a box-to-box player. He combines quality with quantity, and has provided goals and assists for his team every year.
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“Bruno will allow Mikel to further develop our playing style and will also increase our internal competitiveness, which is essential for maintaining the standards required when we are aiming to win major trophies.”
Guimarães joined Newcastle in 2021 from Lyon and has captained the club the last two seasons.
The 28-year-old emerged as key summer target for Arteta, who is looking to bolster his squad ahead of their Premier League title defence.
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Proir to the move, sources told ESPN that Arsenal became increasingly confident of signing Guimarães following Eddie Howe’s exit from Newcastle.
The Brazil midfielder played more than 150 games for Newcastle and lifted the Carabao Cup in 2025 as the club won their first major trophy in more than 70 years, beating Liverpool in the final.
Information from ESPN’s James Olley contributed to this report.
