Fans convinced Bruno Guimaraes was caught searching for captain’s armband in awkward moment on Arsenal debut

FANS are convinced Bruno Guimaraes was searching for a captain’s armband during his Arsenal debut. The midfielder finally completed his £75million switch from Newcastle last week. Bruno Guimaraes appeared to be looking for an armband on his Arsenal debut Credit: X He made his first appearance for the club in a friendly against Como Credit: Getty Guimaraes, 28, spent the previous two years as the captain of the Magpies after establishing himself at St James’ Park. But now at Arsenal, the Brazilian does not have the same honour, with Martin Odegaard being the current club captain. Sign up for the Arsenal newsletter Thank you! He made his first appearance for the Gunners in their pre-season friendly against 1907 Como. The lack of an armband on him appeared to be bugging him and the awkward moment was spotted by fans. Guimaraes could be seen fiddling with the sleeve of his shirt as if he was trying to pull out an armband from under the cuff. Fans are sure that he was trying to find an armband as if it were muscle memory from his time at Newcastle. One posted: “Bruno Guimarães searching for his captain’s armband haha.” A second commented: “Bro is looking for the armband.” Most read in Sport SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS Play Dream Team this season! £100,000 in prize money up for grabs in 2026/27 Free to enter Play in Mini Leagues against your mates £60,000 jackpot for the overall winner £1,000 prize for winning Gameweek 1 PLAY DREAM TEAM NOW! A third wrote: “Fella thought he was captain.” A fourth said: “Looking for the armband then he tried to play it off.” A fifth joked: “Muscle memory is a crazy thing, why is he looking for the captain armband.” Another added: “Dude was looking for the armband, he had forgotten that he ain’t in Newcastle no more.” Arsenal finished the 90 minutes against the Serie A outfit 1-1, with goals coming from Myles Lewis-Skelly and Martin Baturina. Mikel Arteta‘s side would go on to win the resulting penalty shootout 4-3 thanks to a decisive spot-kick from new signing Christos Tzolis. The shootout had no real bearing on the result, as it was scheduled regardless of the score. But it gave Guimaraes a chance to show Arsenal fans his ability from 12-yards as he tucked his effort away too. Comment now