Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes visits iconic city centre venue ahead of Arsenal clash

Newcastle United captain Bruno Guimaraes visited the Life Science Centre in Newcastle on Thursday.

Guimaraes, who has become a fan favourite since moving to St James’ Park, has continued to integrate himself and his family into life in the north east with a visit to one of the region’s most recognisable tourist destinations.

Guimaraes, along with his wife Ana Lidia and their children, Matteo and Pietro, visited the centre’s new Great Dinosaur Escape exhibition, posing for a picture inside a dinosaur egg.

More than 20 life-size animatronic dinosaurs to the centre, including a moving Tyrannosaurus rex are on display in the exhibition.

The Guimaraes family also spent time trying out the hands-on exhibits across the science centre during their visit.

Guimaraes’ visit to the Life Centre comes just days before he could make his return to Eddie Howe’s starting XI for the first time in over two months.

The former Lyon midfielder hasn’t started a game for Newcastle United since their victory over Tottenham Hotspur in February - a game which the Brazilian ended in pain having suffered a muscle injury.

That injury subsequently kept Guimaraes out of 12 games in total before he made his return to action, albeit from the bench, during their defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend.

This weekend, the Magpies face Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing Arsenal on Saturday evening as they look to put a disastrous run of form behind them.

United, without their influential captain, have lost four matches in a row in all competitions, including a hammering at the Camp Nou and defeats against Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth in the Premier League.