BROZILIANS

Bruno and Joelinton are Toon of a kind

- SIMON BIRD

JOELINTON and Bruno Guimaraes and have talked about their “brotherly” love that is powering Newcastle’s rebuild. 

Standing with an arm around each other on the side of an urban pitch they are opening for the Premier League in New Jersey, the Brazilian duo are reliving their remarkable last 18 months on Tyneside.

Joelinton’s redemption story – from £40m strike flop to enforcing midfielder and Brazil goalscorer – mirrors that of Newcastle’s rise from relegation struggle to Champions League.

And when £35m Guimaraes arrived as the new owners’ first big signing, he immediately sparked ambition that was previously missing, predicting correctly that the Toon would rise into the top four.