Newcastle United fresh injury blow confirmed as midfielder withdraws from national team - return date revealed
Lewis Miley injury: Newcastle United have been dealt a fresh injury blow during the October international break.
Newcastle United have another player to add to their growing injury list as Eddie Howe’s side prepares to return to action after the international break.
The Magpies will be hoping to have Jacob Ramsey back involved for the trip to Brighton & Hove Albion after six weeks out with an ankle injury picked up against Leeds United.
Ramsey has returned to training but Howe opted to rest him for the 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento and Yoane Wissa are expected to be sidelined for the Brighton match due to their respective injuries.
There is also fresh concern about Lewis Miley after the Newcastle midfielder was forced to withdraw from the England Under-21s squad due to a calf injury.
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The Gazette understands Miley is feeling the lasting effect of a calf issue picked up while training with Newcastle.
Club sources anticipate the midfielder will not miss any games with his withdrawal from the England Under-21s squad just a precaution.
As a result, Newcastle are planning to have him in contention and available to make the trip to Brighton along with Ramsey.
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Newcastle are also waiting for more clarity on Hall’s hamstring injury after he also withdrew from the England Under-21s squad.
Following the win over Forest, Eddie Howe said: “Yeah, he felt his hamstring against Union, which was a real blow for us.
“We've been trying to manage him back, as I said, on Friday, I think. Unfortunately, yeah, I just felt something in that game. We've had it scanned before we get conclusive evidence of how long he'll be out.
“He needs another re-scan in about 10 days, I think it is. So it's not going to be a short-term injury. We hope it's not going to be a long-term injury, but we sort of don't know yet.”
Livramento is set to be out until late November after suffering a knee ligament injury in the 2-1 defeat to Arsenal while Wissa is still waiting to make his Newcastle debut following his £55million deadline day move from Brentford.
Wissa suffered a knee injury while on international duty with DR Congo and has not trained with Newcastle since joining the club.
The forward was initially expected to return to action for the trip to Brighton, but that date has now been pushed back to early November.
“Yeah, he went to see a specialist again [last Thursday] just for a check-up on his knee,” Howe said. “Probably think it'll be more eight weeks than six, so maybe a slight delay, no reoccurrence, no problem, just maybe slightly longer.”
Newcastle defender Dan Burn also suffered a broken hand during the 2-0 win over Forest before joining up with the England squad for the matches against Wales and Latvia. Despite the injury, Burn has continued to train with England and was an unused substitute in the 3-0 win over Wales on Thursday night.