How depleted Newcastle could line-up without ten first-team players for Fulham clash
Eddie Howe has revealed his side is without several players for Newcastle's clash with Fulham at St James' Park on Saturday — LIVE on talkSPORT.
The Magpies head into the clash on the back of their 2-1 Champions League defeat to seven-time winners and last season's semi-finalists, AC Milan, on Wednesday.
Such a result meant his side was dumped out of Europe after finishing bottom of Group F with five points, with attention now turns back to the Premier League.
But their quest to keep within touching distance of the top-four will be hampered by a number of missing first-team stars.
Speaking on Newcastle's injury woes, Howe said in his press conference: «We are now getting a couple of players back, but not in their best physical condition.
»Kieran [Trippier] misses this game through suspension so it is a good time for him to rest and we will see how he is next week.
«We will see how Anthony Gordon is today. Joe Willock in a period where he has had a couple of injections, a difficult injury but he won't be back this side of January.
»It's the same now with Harvey Barnes, he won't need an operation but we are waiting to see if he comes back or not.
«Dan Burn is closer to be being back, Sean Longstaff closer to being back and we are managing them to stay back.»
Martin Dubravka is expected to retain his place between the sticks as Nick Pope recovers from a shoulder injury, meaning Loris Karius will take his place on the bench.
Nick Pope — shoulder
Harvey Barnes — foot
Sven Botman — knee
Jacob Murphy — shoulder
Elliot Anderson — back
Matt Targett — hamstring
Joe Willock — Achilles
Anthony Gordon — hamstring
Kieran Trippier — knock/suspension
Javier Manquillo — groin
Dan Burn — back
In the right full-back position, Tino Livramento, who was deployed
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