Overview
- Arsenal completed Guimarães’s summer signing from Newcastle in a deal reported at about £75 million and the club has confirmed he will wear the No.39 shirt at the Emirates.
- Guimarães’s parents travelled to London to attend his Arsenal signing, a detail widely reported and used by outlets to highlight the transfer’s personal side.
- The number 39 traces to his father Dick’s taxi in Rio de Janeiro, a story Guimarães explained in a 2023 Players’ Tribune piece and has publicly described as central to his identity.
- He has worn 39 through successive stages of his career — at Athletico Paranaense, Lyon and Newcastle — after making 195 appearances for Newcastle and helping the club win the 2025 Carabao Cup.
- Media coverage presents the retained number as more than symbolism: it humanises the high-value transfer, connects supporters to Guimarães’s family story, and reinforces Arsenal’s summer drive to add experienced midfield talent.