Newcastle United star facing UEFA ban after Marseille incident - teammate also at risk
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Newcastle United latest news: Two Newcastle United players are at risk of a Champions League ban.
Newcastle United defender Dan Burn is just one yellow card away from a one-match European ban.
Burn was booked for a foul on Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the second half of Newcastle’s defeat to Marseille on Tuesday night. That was his Champions League campaign, having also been booked during their defeat to Barcelona back in September.
Burn is now just one booking away from being handed a one-match ban. Joelinton, meanwhile, didn’t feature in France on Tuesday night, but is also just one yellow card away from a ban.
The Brazilian was also booked against Barcelona and picked up a yellow card in Belgium during their 4-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise. Elsewhere, Malick Thiaw, Anthony Gordon and Joe Willock are the only other Magpies players that have been shown a yellow card in this season’s Champions League.
If Burn or Joelinton are booked against Bayer Leverkusen next month, then that one-match ban will come into effect and prevent them from playing against PSV Eindhoven at St James’ Park in January. The Magpies’ Champions League league phase campaign concludes against reigning European champions PSG on Wednesday 28 January.
Any suspensions picked up during the league phase will carry over into the knockout rounds - if Eddie Howe’s side are able to progress to that stage. They currently sit eighth in the league phase table following defeat against Marseille, but could slip down the table depending on results elsewhere tonight.
UEFA Champions League suspension rules
UEFA rules on yellow card suspensions read: ‘From the first match in the league phase, players and team officials are suspended for the next competition match after three cautions, that did not result in a red card, as well as after any subsequent odd-numbered caution (fifth, seventh, ninth, etc.).’
Rules on red card suspensions read: ‘As a rule, a player or team official sent off by the referee is automatically suspended for the next match in a UEFA club competition (i.e. UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League or UEFA Super Cup). In the event of a serious offence, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body is entitled to augment this punishment, including by extending it to other competitions.’
Suspensions in European competitions do not carry over into domestic matches, however, meaning any player banned from UEFA competitions can still play in the Premier League. The same rule applies to domestic bans as well.
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A suspension for Burn in the Champions League would be his second of the season, having missed Saturday’s win over Manchester City in the Premier League. Burn was suspended for that game after being shown a red card at the Gtech Community Stadium during Newcastle’s 3-1 defeat to Brentford before the international break.
One more win should be enough to secure the Magpies a place in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, although that would likely secure them a finish between 9th and 24th place and force them to play an extra play-off round to reach the last-16 of the competition.