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What the Newcastle United medical team have told Eddie Howe about Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak
Liam Brusby
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Eddie Howe has provided injury updates ahead of Newcastle United’s trip to Leicester City on Monday night.
The Magpies managed to beat Brentford in their first game since the Carabao Cup final, but it was not without its consequences.
Newcastle United suffered several injury worries following Wednesday’s game at St James’ Park, including a concern for Alexander Isak, who has had injury troubles all season.
Eddie Howe confirmed Isak came off with a groin problem, the same injury which kept him out of Newcastle’s visit to Liverpool in March. Anthony Gordon was suspended for the Brentford win, but there was a big chance he would not have featured after picking up an injury to his hip while on international duty.
Howe expressed concern for Kieran Trippier, who also had a groin problem which forced him off in the latter stages of the Brentford win.
Elsewhere, Howe confirmed Joelinton has a lingering knee issue. The Brazilian was able to play the full 90 minutes against Brentford, but there was still some concern from the Toon boss.
With an important trip to Leicester on the horizon, Howe has provided injury updates on his players.
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Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images
Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images
Eddie Howe awaiting answers on injured Newcastle United players
With nine games left in the Premier League season, Newcastle need as many bodies as they can to problem them into the Champions League places.
However, Howe may be forced to play his backup players if the injuries to his key players are deemed to be serious.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Howe was asked for updates on his key players.
“I’ll wait and see today (on Isak, Trippier and Joelinton),” he said.
“Of course, I had medical updates, but I’ll be seeing them for the first time today.”
“We don’t think we’ve got any big injuries from Wednesday, just a couple of niggles. Hopefully they’re feeling OK.”
On Gordon Howe said: “He hasn’t trained yet. We’re monitoring him and he’s still recovering from a really, really bad knock he picked up on his leg.
“He’s not training fully, he’s training individually. We’ve got to try and navigate and manage this period with the players we do have fit.”
Eddie Howe’s team-news ahead of Monday:
“We’ll wait and see today, I will see them [Kieran Trippier and Alexander Isak] for the first time today. We don’t think we have any big injuries from Wednesday night, but we have a few niggles. We are monitoring Anthony [Gordon], he is… pic.twitter.com/RoL50fGbWa
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Eddie Howe’s update on Joelinton
Joelinton has been an integral part of Newcastle’s starting XI all season. However, there are concerns over his fitness given his lingering knee problem. Fans will hope that he can still play the final nine games of the season before taking some much-needed time away to recover.
Should the Brazilian be unavailable, then Howe does have backup options that he can use. 18-year-old prodigy Lewis Miley has overtaken Sean Longstaff in the pecking order for the Magpies and would be the most likely alternative to Joelinton.
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Howe also has Joe Willock at his disposal if need be.
On Joelinton playing through his knee injury, Howe said: “We hope so. He’s another one in the category who’s got a niggle.
“But knowing Joey, he’ll probably say he’s fine today and good to train. So we’ll have to manage him, look after him and manage the next three days.
