Arsenal are in advanced talks to sign Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle. Credit: Getty Images/Clive Brunskill/Darren Walsh/Chelsea FCBut according to ESPN Brazil journalist Bruno Andrade, Arsenal are about to complete another signing first, even before Guimaraes. “Speaking to someone involved in Bruno Guimaraes’ situation, Arsenal are close to signing a centre-back to solve, for now, the issue created by Saliba’s injury,” Andrade said, speaking live on Tuesday. I’m trying to find out so I can help our English colleagues too, but it’s a deal that will happen even faster than the Bruno Guimaraes transfer. But fans love a surprise signing, and Arsenal pulled a similar trick for another defender back in 2023, Jacob Kiwior.