Sky Sports make official Newcastle United decision set to impact Bruno Guimaraes & Arsenal
Two of Newcastle United’s November Premier League fixtures have been selected for live broadcast on Sky Sports.
Bruno Guimaraes’ return to St James’ Park has been selected for live broadcast on Sky Sports.
Newcastle United host Arsenal on November 21. The match will mark Guimaraes’ first back at St James’ since his £75million summer transfer to Arsenal.
The kick-off time has been pushed back to 5:30pm on Saturday evening. Newcastle’s match away to Brighton & Hove Albion the following weekend has also been pushed back from Saturday to Sunday, November 29 (2:05pm kick-off) for live broadcast.
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With the exception of the away trip to Fulham on November 7, all of Newcastle’s upcoming matches between now and December will be broadcast live on Sky Sports. The December television fixture schedule is yet to be confirmed, though Newcastle’s first two matches of the month come at home to Manchester United and Sunderland, and will likely be selected.
Newcastle have made a positive start to the season under new head coach Matthias Jaissle and without former captain Guimaraes. The Magpies have won four, drawn two and lost one of the seven games they’ve played in all competitions so far.
Bruno Guimaraes’ start at Arsenal
Guimaraes joined Premier League champions Arsenal after a disappointing season at Newcastle, which saw the club finish 12th. While Newcastle planned on keeping the Brazilian midfielder, his wish to leave was ultimately granted when Arsenal tabled a £75million bid.
The 28-year-old has started just one of the Gunners’ opening five Premier League matches so far, a 3-0 defeat to Brighton. But he has already opened his goalscoring account in impressive fashion with a stunning goal in a 2-0 win against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
That may have helped him win some favour back with Newcastle fans, but he is sure to get an interesting reception upon his return to St James’ Park in a couple of months.
“We did not want to lose Bruno Guimaraes,” Newcastle sporting director Ross Wilson made clear following the end of the transfer window. “That was really disappointing that we got to that place in the end, albeit we were happy where we got to in terms of numbers. That was not part of our plan.
“But everything else that happened during the window was part of the plan. That does not mean that every single player [who signed] was the number one name on our list, but that is never the case in any transfer window.”