BULLISH Bruno Guimaraes is confident Newcastle can surprise the top six next season – he warns that this is just the beginning for the smitten Magpies.
The Brazilian midfielder boldly stated that he had moved to Tyneside to play Champions League football after his £35 million January arrival from Lyons.
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And after Toon, owned by Saudi Arabia, went from first relegation candidates to 11th place last term under Eddie HoweBruno thinks they can now make their way to Europe.
He said: “We can surprise the others. We have quality and the coach is so intelligent, we can do it.
“We dream of the Champions League.
“We know the big six have good teams, so we have to be calm – step by step we can get there.
“This is just the beginning. We can dream higher.”
The samba star, 24, proposed to girlfriend Ana in Greece during his summer vacation and was also set to have a baby.
He is fully settled in the Northeast and his English has improved a lot since January after taking classes almost every day.
And speaking from Newcastle’s pre-season training camp in Austria, Bruno added: “I feel at home now.
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“The last time I felt that way was when I played for Audax, my first club in Brazil.
“I am getting married next year and we are also waiting for our baby.
“We are so happy, it’s such a special moment, the most special time in my personal and professional life.
“At Newcastle I am living my dreams.”
Bruno has eight Brazil hats and looks ready to go Qatar with the five-time World Cup winners.
He ran into from the couch 1860 Munich on Friday in his first game since the international summer, scoring a goal and assist in a scintillating 29-minute cameo.
The Toon Army favorite admitted that the training camp left him “dead” and that he has to lie down for a long time.
And looking ahead to the World Cup, he said: “I have no words to speak of the World Cup because when I was a kid I always dreamed of this moment and the coming. It’s special.
“When I sleep, I think about winning it.”