Newcastle can ‘definitely’ avoid relegation this season, and the club’s long-term ambition is to win the Champions League, says new Magpies signing Bruno Guimaraes.
The club agreed a £33.5million deal with Lyon to sign Guimaraes in the January transfer window.
Deals for the likes of Kieran Trippier, Dan Burn, Chris Wood and Matt Targett were also sanctioned, taking their total spending on signings in January to around £92m.
Although Newcastle are currently in 19th place in the table, Guimaraes is confident the club can maintain their status as a Premier League club.
When asked whether the Magpies can avoid the drop, Guimaraes told reporters: ‘Definitely, if not I wouldn’t have accepted to come here. With the new players & the manager we can achieve our main objective of staying in the Premier League.’
In terms of the future plan, the 24-year-old revealed that the club’s owners want to become a Champions League club and even win Europe’s premier competition eventually.
‘The owners were very up front and honest about it,’ he added. ‘They didn’t disguise that the main objective and challenge was remaining in the Premier League this season.
‘But in the seasons coming, the objective is to be in the Champions League and to eventually win the Champions League, so I believe in the project.
‘I believe in everything they spoke to me about and I’m really happy to be involved in this project.’
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