Newcastle United star ruled out for the rest of the season after training ground injury blow
Newcastle United injuries: The club have confirmed Lewis Miley has been ruled out for the rest of the season following a training ground injury.
Lewis Miley will miss the final three matches of Newcastle United’s season after fracturing his fibula.
The 20-year-old midfielder suffered the injury to his lower right leg during a training session at Darsley Park on Tuesday.
The injury will see him miss the upcoming matches at Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Fulham.
In the meantime, Miley is set to see a specialist consultant on Wednesday before working with Newcastle’s medical team with the view to returning to fitness for the start of pre-season in July.
It marks another injury blow for the young midfielder, who had only recently returned from a muscle injury in his thigh that ruled him out of action between January and April.
A big blow for NUFC
This season has been a real coming-of-age campaign for Miley as he has established himself as a key player in Eddie Howe’s side. The youngster’s versatility has seen him slot into various roles in midfield and defence and has regularly been used as a right-back.
Alongside captain Bruno Guimaraes and Lewis Hall, Miley has been hailed as one of Newcastle’s strongest performers of a largely frustrating campaign.
On Miley’s last injury absence, Howe said: “Sometimes with players, you know how important they are and with Lewy, we knew all his attributes and how good he is, but he’s added some new strings to his bow in recent games with the versatility.
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“Suddenly, when we’ve lost that, you don’t just lose one player, you lose almost three or four in one player.
“His composure on the ball, his decision-making, his height, his athleticism, we’ve missed all of those aspects in his performance.
“Yes, he’s only 19 [he turned 20 last week] and he’s still getting better and improving al the time, but we’ve got an unbelievable player on our hands and we’ll be delighted to get him back on the pitch.
“Hopefully, of course, the injuries will be a thing of the pas for him. We want him to try to stay fit and to build the momentum that every player needs to be at their very best level.
“I see no reason why physically he can’t deliver that. He’s got really nice running style, he’s really professional. He looks after himself in between games probably as well as anyone else in the squad, so I see no issue with him physically.
“Yes, he’s had a couple [of bad injuries] the last injury he had was really unlucky and it took a bit longer than we expected, but hopefully that’s a thing of the past for him."
Unfortunately for Miley and Newcastle, the injury issues are not a thing of the past as he is set to miss the final three games of the season as Newcastle look to end a disappointing league campaign on a high.
Miley started at right-back and played the full game in Newcastle’s 3-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion at St James’ Park on Saturday as the side ended a five-game losing run.
The side still realistically needs to win each of their final three games to have a realistic chance of salvaging European qualification, something that will be slightly harder in Miley’s absence.