FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Soccer Football - Men - Semifinal - Mexico v Brazil - Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan - August 3, 2021. Bruno Guimaraes of Brazil celebrates scoring a penalty during a penalty shootout REUTERS/Mike Segar
(Reuters) - Newcastle United have signed Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from French side Olympique Lyonnais on a four-and-a-half-year deal, the Premier League club said on Sunday as they battle to avoid relegation.
Financial details of the transfer were not disclosed by the clubs, but a source close to the negotiations told Reuters earlier that Newcastle paid 40 million euros ($44.57 million) for the 24-year-old.
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