We have had a couple new Newcastle United team news updates over the past few days. The Geordies have a new injury concern, in Fabian Schar (hamstring), as they head to the Saturday clash with relegated Ipswich Town. Meanwhile manager Eddie Howe also provided an update on the recovery and rehabilitation of both Sven Botman (knee) and Lewis Hall (ankle/foot).
Let’s get straight into it, starting with Schar, who had a very eventful (on multiple levels) match last weekend.
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Schar scored the only goal for Newcastle, in their 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Aston Villa. He also got yellow-carded, and suffered a hamstring injury which saw him replaced by Matt Targett in the 82′.
“[He] was feeling his hamstring in the game,” said Newcastle manager Eddie Howe. “So I felt it was the wise move to bring him off and to try and protect him, to make sure that hopefully he’s OK for the remaining games.”
We’ll see with Schar, maybe we’ll get more information tomorrow. Moving on to Botman, he could return to contention soon, and by that, we mean really soon.
“Not this weekend, but maybe next weekend, depending on his progress,” Howe said last weekend. “We’ve been really pleased with Sven.”
Finally, Hall of course remains out until the summer.
But Howe said the following of his recovery process: “He’s doing great. I don’t think we will see him play again this season if we are being honest. But he’s recovering, and he is on the right road to recovery. We will certainly see him back again next season.”
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