Newcastle United may have been dealt a blow in their transfer pursuit of a seemingly long-standing target. Indeed, much was made about Newcastle’s lack of a defensive midfielder last season. Bruno Guimaraes, of course, has broadly done an excellent job in that role since the departure of Jonjo Shelvey, who operated there beforehand. Still, there was even a suggestions during the 2022/23 campaign that Brazilian was playing somewhat out of position, having previously expressed a desire to play further forward. Sandro Tonali arrived last summer of course but was more of an orthodox central midfie…