Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles will miss between six and 9 months of motion after struggling an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) harm.
Lascelles, 30, picked up the harm within the seventeenth minute of Newcastle’s 4-3 Premier League victory over West Ham United on Saturday — during which he was changed by Emil Krafth.
Newcastle confirmed in a membership assertion on Sunday that the central defender had seen a specialist guide, who has confirmed he sustained an ACL harm and is predicted to endure surgical procedure subsequent week.
The harm will rule Lascelles out of motion for the rest of the marketing campaign, and he’ll purpose to return to motion between September and December this calendar yr.
Newcastle United can verify that membership captain Jamaal Lascelles suffered a rupture to the ACL in his proper knee throughout Saturday’s victory over West Ham United.
After seeing a specialist guide, he’s anticipated to endure surgical procedure subsequent week and might be out for 6-9 months.… pic.twitter.com/QjXuC9S2zr
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Lascelles has remodeled 250 appearances for Newcastle and has featured 26 occasions this marketing campaign for Eddie Howe’s facet.
The harm is available in the identical month that Sven Botman, one other Newcastle central defender, additionally sustained an ACL harm that can rule him out for the rest of the season.
Newcastle have been beset by a number of harm setbacks this marketing campaign with midfielders Lewis Miley and Joelinton, striker Callum Wilson and goalkeeper Nick Pope amongst different present long-term absentees.
Newcastle return to motion on Tuesday with a Premier League house match towards Everton.
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You actually couldn’t make this up. In a season already marred and scarred by harm, Newcastle now discover themselves diminished to the barest of naked bones at centre-half, with Jamaal Lascelles becoming a member of Sven Botman on the membership’s long-term listing of absentees.
Within the short-term, Eddie Howe might be praying catastrophe doesn’t befall Fabian Schar and Dan Burn — who has missed a bit of this season with a damaged again — who at the moment are his solely senior match central defenders, albeit Paul Dummett can fill in there.
Past that, Newcastle will now don’t have any selection however to enter the switch market to seek out cowl this summer season for a place they had been already seeking to strengthen. With sources tight, this represents one other complication Howe may do with out.
Actually, although … what do Newcastle must do to get a break (of the opposite form)?
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