Newcastle United and Bruno Guimaraes are expected to initiate a “record” move, with six players “set” to depart.

The £100 million contract release clause for Bruno Guimaraes has been given a tight deadline by Newcastle United.

Clubs that wish to activate the clause have to do so by the end of June, when it expires. There have been reports of interest in the Brazilian from Manchester City, Arsenal, and Paris Saint-Germain.

Howe remarked, “I’m aware of his contractual status, but I don’t focus on it.” “The club planned and constructed that [£100 million release clause] well, in that there is a finish line at the end of June.

We don’t think it’s good for the player or for us to be in a state of perpetual conjecture.

Uncertainty will remain around Guimaraes’ future at Newcastle with claims that a ‘verbal agreement’ has been made with the club that would allow the player to talk to any Champions League club who offers more than £80million.

Newcastle have recently secured a new four-year deal with Guimaraes’ compatriot Joelinton with both players now having deals that run until June 2028. The club will also trigger the performance-related obligation to buy clause in Lewis Hall’s loan deal from Chelsea at the end of the season. The Magpies will pay £28million for the 19-year-old this summer, a club record fee for a teenager.

While Howe has said the permanent transfer is nailed on, when asked if Hall had triggered the criteria required to activate the clause, he said: “I’m not aware that he has.”

Newcastle are set to lose players on free transfers at the end of the season with six senior players out of contract as things stand.

With little more than a year left on their contracts, the Magpies still have Callum Wilson, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar, and Sean Longstaff, among other important players.

The contracts of the club’s most valuable players, including Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes, and Alexander Isak, extend until the end of the decade.