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Newcastle United’s forgotten men – will Jamal Lewis, Federico Fernandez or Javi Manquillo feature against Norwich?
Newcastle are without Jamaal Lascelles and Matt Ritchie ahead of their must-win clash with Norwich City at St James’ Park on Tuesday evening.
The pair are serving a one-game suspension following the yellow cards they received in the disappointing 2-0 away defeat to Arsenal.
Magpie fans are calling for the introduction of three forgotten names into the starting eleven as Eddie Howe faces selection issues at the back.
His side have shipped three goals in their last three home league games and have the worst record on home turf in the Premier League.
With the suspensions of Lascelles and Ritchie comes an opportunity for a trio of players as Newcastle look to improve defensively ahead of their bottom of the table clash tomorrow.
Jamal Lewis, Federico Fernandez and Javi Manquillo have fallen out of favour since Howe took over but assistant manager Tindall has said today that anyone could be picked to start at home tomorrow evening.
Fernandez and Manquillo haven’t featured since the woeful 2-1 defeat at Molineux in October and Lewis is yet to start a game this season – making just one appearance from the bench.
Credit: @Fede Fernandez instagram
The ex-Norwich man will be hoping to take the place of Ritchie going into the battle against his old side and has a point to prove.
His attacking threat is something that might be required to help create chances but his lack of defensive positioning has let him down in the past. Fernandez is deemed by many as Newcastle’s best defender and has the ability to play the ball out from the back – a defending style that Howe enjoys.
Manquillo has provided a goal and two assists in his seven appearances this season and seems to be the favourite to play right-back ahead of Jacob Murphy as Newcastle are expected to revert to a back four.
The Magpies have the worst defensive record in the division. Howe will be desperate to end the disastrous start to the season and get their first win against the Canaries on Tuesday.
Credit: @JamalLewis Instagram
There are two must-win games in the space of a week for the new manager who will be looking at the players available in the squad to find a winning formula.
Home games against Norwich and Burnley are ideal opportunities for the team in black and white to move up the table towards Premier League safety.
But, who would make your starting eleven on Tuesday evening? Will Newcastle come out on top for the first time this campaign?
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Newcastle United have submitted their official squad to UEFA for the 2023/24 Champions League group stage.
‘List A’ includes 23 senior players, while ‘List B’ will include two homegrown youngsters in Elliot Anderson and Lewis Miley; who’ll both be eligible to feature.
Four senior players have been left out which may not be a suprise to many NUFC fans, with Matt Ritchie, Javier Manquillo, Emil Krafth and Mark Gillespie all missing out of Eddie Howe’s squad.
Here’s the full ‘List A’ squad that’s been sent over to UEFA ahead of our group stages games against PSG, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan:
- Miguel Almirón
- Harvey Barnes
- Sven Botman
- Dan Burn
- Martin Dúbravka (GK)
- Paul Dummett
- Anthony Gordon
- Bruno Guimarães
- Lewis Hall
- Alexander Isak
- Joelinton
- Loris Karius (GK)
- Jamaal Lascelles
- Tino Livramento
- Sean Longstaff
- Jacob Murphy
- Nick Pope (GK)
- Fabian Schär
- Matt Targett
- Sandro Tonali
- Kieran Trippier
- Joe Willock
- Callum Wilson
Newcastle champions league fixtures were recently confirmed, see below..
- Matchday 1: AC Milan v Newcastle United – 19th September, 5.45m
- Matchday 2: Newcastle United v Paris Saint-Germain – 4th October, 8pm
- Matchday 3: Newcastle United v Borussia Dortmund – 25th October, 8pm
- Matchday 4: Borussia Dortmund v Newcastle United – 7th November, 5.45pm
- Matchday 5: Paris Saint-Germain v Newcastle United – 28th November, 8pm
- Matchday 6: Newcastle United v AC Milan – 13th December, 8pm
How far can NUFC go in the competition?
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Newcastle United loanee Yankuba Minteh has scored his first competitive goal for Feyenoord, scoring in Sunday’s 5-1 win over FC Utrecht.
After starting in their 6-1 win over Almere City last weekend, the Gambian teenager came off the bench and scored in stoppage time, rounding the goalkeeper and finishing calmly to seal another convincing victory for the Dutch champions.
This rounds off a positive few weeks for the 19-year-old winger, who was our first summer signing after sealing a £6m move from Danish side Odense.
Last month he helped spark a comeback draw away to local rivals Sparta Rotterdam, before starting his first Eredivisie game against Almere. Now, he’s come off the bench and bagged his first goal for the club.
See the goal here
GOAAAAAAL
Yankuba Minteh
FC Utrecht: 1-5 :Feyenoord#utrfey pic.twitter.com/E7eh4Fz5gK— ‘ Burak | Dutch League #Eredivisie 🇹🇷🇳🇱 (@DutchLeagues) September 3, 2023
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