Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has been chatting with the media earlier than Wednesday’s Champions League sport towards Paris St-Germain at Parc des Princes (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Listed below are the important thing strains from his information convention:
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Howe confirmed Joelinton wouldn’t “make the sport” as a result of damage and that the Brazil worldwide could be going for an additional scan.
On the midfielder, Howe stated: “We expect he will likely be out for a number of weeks. He’s going for an additional opinion to see we’re on the correct strains with that.”
Newcastle skipper, Bruno Guimaraes can also be a doubt for the Champions League conflict after he missed the defeat to as a result of damage. Howe confirmed Guimaraes’ availability could be identified “within the subsequent few hours”.
Howe stated the chance to play on the Parc des Princes was “one other nice expertise” for his Newcastle facet. He added: “You need to expertise all of the highs and lows that the competitions carry. You are searching for that have, however you are searching for that reward on the finish of it.”
The final time Newcastle visited Paris St-Germain in 2023 a penalty was awarded within the ultimate minute of the sport, which Kylian Mbappe scored to degree the sport 1-1. Howe stated “the incident on the finish is well-known”, however he was nonetheless “pleased with the efficiency general”.
On the Magpies’ away kind, Howe stated: “The larger the sport, the tougher the problem, the extra you will need to rise to it. There have been a number of questions requested about our away kind, to deal with stress, to be resilient. This will likely be a extremely good sport to attempt to reply some questions and be efficient in each surroundings that we play. We’ll arrange the group to do this after which will want them to play at their most.”