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Newcastle boss Eddie Howe confirmed last week that a £100million release clause in Guimaraes' contract expires at the end of June.
Howe is adamant he wants to keep the midfielder at St James' Park, but believes a public declaration of the release clause is beneficial to avoid speculation.
The Brazilian is admired by Manchester City, Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain, and the club expect enquiries for him at the end of the season.
Ladyman, Mail Sport's Football Editor and It's All Kicking Off! podcast host, believes Newcastle should look to the example set by Aston Villa and the sale of Jack Grealish.
Newcastle star Bruno Guimaraes has been linked with a summer transfer away from the club
Eddie Howe confirmed last week that Guimaraes has a £100m release clause in his contract
Mail Sport's Ian Ladyman believes Newcastle should look to the example of Aston Villa in the event that Guimaraes is sold this summer
Grealish signed for Man City for £100m in 2021 after leaving his boyhood club, following Aston Villa finishing 11th in the Premier League.
Ladyman believes Aston Villa's efforts to strength their squad with the funds generated by Grealish have contributed significantly to Unai Emery's side being on the brink of securing Champions League football next season.
Aston Villa are fourth in the Premier League and face a two legged Europa Conference League semi-final.
'When Manchester City's interest in Jack Grealish first, surfaced two, three summers ago there were an awful lot of Aston Villa fans who saw that as the end of days,' Ladyman said. 'I remember writing a column suggesting that if they sold him and invested it well, then it could work for them.
‘That prompted the former Aston Villa defender, Shaun Teale, to send me a message on Twitter telling me to get back under my rock, which I didn't hugely appreciate given that I've never met him.
'But now that I'm out from my rock and I look at Aston Villa sitting nicely, sitting nicely in fourth place, and no doubt Shaun Teale is quite happy with that, it just
