One of Newcastle’s owners Jamie Reuben poured praise on new signing Bruno Guimaraes today after the Brazilian’s brace made St James’ Park erupt.
Newcastle United were 1-0 down in the first half against Leicester City today, but Bruno Guimaraes grabbed an equaliser to get the Geordies back in the game. It then stayed level until deep into injury time, at which point Bruno scored a superb winning header.
It will no doubt come as a relief to Newcastle’s owners, who splashed out about £33m on the midfielder in January. Eddie Howe was initially reluctant to break up a winning midfield when the Brazilian arrived, so left Bruno on the bench, but no more.
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After taking his chance in the win over Southampton, scoring the kind of goal you have to keep re-watching to work out what you just saw, Bruno has now established as one of the club’s most impactful players. Today’s winning brace will no doubt also have some teams wondering how relegation-threatened Newcastle managed to sign him.
Minority owner Jamie Reuben was among those praising the Brazilian today, tweeting after the 2-1 win: “Great result @NUFC and congratulations @brunoog97 on an epic performance ! #WeAreUnited."
Bruno tweeted a reply: “Together boss.”
Some fans then added their praise into the mix.
@Geordiecraig7 wrote: “We love you Bruno.”
@NeilAndow5 said: “Masterclass from our legend.”
@Coxyrox80 wrote: “King of the toon.”
While some other fans took the opportunity to make a plea to Reuben.
@Nikos_NUFC wrote: “More Brunos in the summer please. Workrate unmatched”
@KeithRichardso1: “C’mon Jamie, now let’s sort out the summer spending with a few players to be built around him. HTL!”
The win left Newcastle in 14th place in the table.
