Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has been hit with a fresh injury blow after revealing defender Sven Botman could join his list of ‘longer term’ absentees.
The 23-year-old has not featured since picking up a knee injury at the end of September and, while the problem was initially not thought to be serious, there is now no return date.
‘Botman is unclear at the moment,’ said Howe. ‘So we are going day by day with that one. There’s an issue there and we’re working through various options to try to diagnose the injury problem.’
Could he be missing ‘long term’?