{"id":3232,"date":"2021-12-20T01:43:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/newcastles-need-for-january-reinforcements-grows-as-major-double-injury-blow-revealed-before-man-united\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T01:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T06:43:05","slug":"newcastles-need-for-january-reinforcements-grows-as-major-double-injury-blow-revealed-before-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/newcastles-need-for-january-reinforcements-grows-as-major-double-injury-blow-revealed-before-man-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle\u2019s need for January reinforcements grows as major double injury blow revealed before Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has, on Sunday evening, provided an altogether concerning update on the wellbeing of defensive pair Jamal Lewis and Federico Fernandez.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>City cruise<\/h2>\n<p>The Magpies, of course, returned to action earlier this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>In a daunting task amid the club\u2019s tense battle at the foot of the Premier League table, Howe and co. welcomed champions Manchester City to St. James\u2019 Park, eyeing just a 2nd victory of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>When all was said and done, however, Newcastle, unsurprisingly, were made short work of by Pep Guardiola\u2019s visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from all of Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling ultimately saw City emerge on the right side of a comfortable 4-0 scoreline, to extend their advantage at the English top-flight\u2019s summit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WHAT A GOAL!! ?<\/p>\n<p>Jo\u00e3o Cancelo doubles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MCFC<\/a>\u2018s lead with a sensational strike \u2604\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>? Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEWMCI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NEWMCI<\/a> live on Sky Sports PL <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JtqRGhBVbg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JtqRGhBVbg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1472575242518282247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Longer term\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>At Newcastle, on the other hand, the situation is quickly spiralling out of control.<\/p>\n<p>Still boasting just a solitary win all season, the Geordie outfit remain joint-bottom of the Premier League table, whilst having played more fixtures than all of the sides around them.<\/p>\n<p>And, as alluded to above, the club\u2019s latest defeat actually marked just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the woes facing the Magpies heading into the Christmas period.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his post-match interview this evening, Eddie Howe was drawn on the wellbeing of Jamal Lewis and Federico Fernandez, both of whom sat out today\u2019s meeting with Man City.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1285888\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1285888\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1285888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GettyImages-1183042153-1-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"Newcastle\u2019s need for January reinforcements grows as major double injury blow revealed before Man United\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GettyImages-1183042153-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GettyImages-1183042153-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GettyImages-1183042153-1-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GettyImages-1183042153-1-910x491.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1285888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belfast , United Kingdom \u2013 16 November 2019; Jamal Lewis of Northern Ireland during the UEFA EURO2020 Qualifier \u2013 Group C match between Northern Ireland and Netherlands at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast. (Photo By David Fitzgerald\/Sportsfile via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, in a major blow, the Newcastle boss went on to confirm that the two defenders look set to remain sidelined for \u2018the foreseeable future\u2019, putting yet more pressure on the transfer team at St. James\u2019 Park to make use of the riches afforded to the club by their new Saudi owners this January:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I think they\u2019re going to be longer term. We\u2019re not expecting them back for the foreseeable future unfortunately.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Jamal\u2019s was a really strange one. It was really early in the game against Liverpool. I know he hadn\u2019t had a lot of football, but that was a really big blow for us at the beginning of that match.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Feddy, unfortunately, looks like he\u2019s going to be around the same length of time.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REACTION: A worrying injury update from Eddie Howe on both Federico Fernandez and Jamal Lewis\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NUFC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21KNCFQ8jk\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/21KNCFQ8jk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Wilson (@Scottwilsonecho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scottwilsonecho\/status\/1472611206452195334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/thomas-tuchel-confirms-chelseas-latest-double-injury-blow-after-wolves\/\">Thomas Tuchel confirms Chelsea\u2019s latest double injury blow after Wolves<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/fpl-bosses-take-note-the-most-likely-premier-league-gameweek-to-be-postponed\/\">FPL bosses take note: The most likely Premier League gameweek to be postponed<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has, on Sunday evening, provided an altogether concerning update on the wellbeing of defensive pair Jamal Lewis and Federico Fernandez. City cruise The Magpies, of course, returned to action earlier this afternoon. In a daunting task amid the club\u2019s tense battle at the foot of the Premier League table, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}