Key events
Joelinton out for at least six weeks
Newcastle United: Always keen to keep the local press on their toes by getting his media duties out of the way early, Howe has already done his press conference ahead of Newcastle’s match against Manchester City tomorrow and has revealed that Joelinton will be sidelined for at least six weeks, further adding to the club’s well documented injury woes.
“He’s got a problem with a tendon in his quad, without getting too detailed,” said Howe. “It’s a very difficult place to get an injury, hence the timescale that he’s going to be out. He’s very disappointed; he wants to play and he wants to do well so we’ve had to do a job of trying to pick Joe up, really.”
Newcastle United: While a few questions remain concerning Eddie Howe’s future at Newcastle United, assuming he is still in charge of the club come season’s end he may be forced to offload one of his star players if Newcastle are remain compliant with the Premier League’s profit and sustainability regulations.
The club’s chief executive, Darren Eales, has also suggested that the club could leave their iconic St James’ Park stadium for new, bigger digs in order to get more Geordie backsides on seats and generate more revenue accordingly. Louise Taylor reports …
Preamble
With several Premier League squads looking forward to a weekend off as they recharge their batteries at warm weather training camps (or a cold weather boot camp in the case of Sheffield United, who haven’t gone anywhere), there are just five top flight matches scheduled for this weekend.
It being January, much of the talk at today’s pre-match press conferences will be on the subject of transfers, as various managers are quizzed about potential incomings and outgoings as they try to reshuffle their decks before the window closes on 1 February.
Keeping tabs on these briefings so that you don’t have to, we’ll bring you all the news that’s fit to print ahead of a weekend that kicks off with Burnley’s six-pointer against Luton at Turf Moor tonight and concludes when the final whistle is blown at the end of Manchester United’s set-to with Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Sunday.
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